Citation: Ser., Annls Sci. nat. 3:519 (1840).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Fringed dodder.

Description:
Inflorescence axillary, subtended by a concave ovate-lanceolate obtuse bract c. 1.5 mm long; flowers 5-merous, in loose clusters; pedicels thick, as long or longer than the flowers, more than 3 mm long; calyx shorter than the corolla tube, lobes triangular-ovate, acute, shorter than or equalling the tube; corolla 3-4 mm long, lobes triangular to triangular-ovate, acute, much shorter than the tube; stamens with filaments shorter than or equalling the anthers; infrastaminal scales oblong, barely as long as the corolla tube, fimbriate, fimbriae up to 0.5 mm long; styles 1-2 mm long, stigmas capitate.

capsule globose, not circumscissile dehiscence; seeds 1.5-2 mm long.

Published illustration: Hegi (1927). Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 5, 3:fig. 3075).

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to South America, now a cosmopolitan weed. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Dec., Jan. (one record).

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: Parasitic on cultivated legumes.

Author: Not yet available