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Cuscuta acutiloba

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Englemann

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Streamside

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (Peru)

Fruiting Times

Parasitic climbing herb with stems purple or reddish, rarely white. Cymose umbellate clusters of 3mm long white flowers aging purple to black. Globose capsule surrounded by withered corolla.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew