Cuscuta angulata Engelm.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Cuscuta

Characteristics

Stems slender, yellowish. Flowers 3-4 mm long, often glandular, on pedicels longer to shorter than flowers, in loose fasciculate cymes; bracts often numerous on longer pedicels. Calyx as long as and enclosing corolla tube, protruding at sinuses between lobes to form prominent wings and widest about middle; lobes triangular, acute. Corolla lobes narrowly triangular to lanceolate, erect to spreading, longer than or equalling campanulate, ± angular tube, which is usually angled opposite protruding calyx wings. Stamens shorter than lobes; filaments longer than anthers. Scales oblong-spathulate, fringed with processes of medium length, adnate near base and free for greater part of their length. Ovary globose or somewhat oblong; styles slender, longer than ovary, usually longer than oblong-cylindrical thickened styles. Capsule globose to oblong or pear-shaped, circumscissile near base. Seeds usually solitary, ovoid; hilum terminal.
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Leafless, parasitic, annual vine, stems thread-like. Flowers in cymes, white, calyx as long as corolla tube, angled and sharply protruding at sinuses, stigmas oblong.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support parasite
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Distribution

Cuscuta angulata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:267284-1
WFO ID wfo-0001297557
COL ID 32LLP
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Synonyms

Cuscuta pentaptera Cuscuta angulata Cuscuta falkiiformis Cuscuta africana