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Cuscuta odorata

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Ruiz & Pavon

Common Names

• Cabellos de Angel (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• On shrubs
• forest

Flowering Times

• All year (Peru)

Fruiting Times

Glabrous leafless parasitic twining vine, purple-red stems & calyx. Fragrant, odourless or unpleasant 6mm long white flowers dotted red, purplish towards base, tube 4mm long with lobes 3mm long. Capsule surrounded by withered corolla.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• FB
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FOPE
• Kew