| Cuscuta campestris Yunck. it is a climbing holoparasite. Stems moderately stout, yellowish. Flowers 2-3 mm, 5-merous; pedicels short; glomerules 10-12 mm in diameter, compact, globose. Calyx campanulate, about as long as corolla-tube; lobes ovate or orbicular, obtuse, slightly overlapping. Corolla-lobes acute, triangular, patent (often with inflexed apex), about as long as the shortly campanulate tube. Stamens exserted. Scales long, densely fimbriate, exserted. Styles slender, about as long as the globose ovary. Capsule 2-3 mm in diameter, depressed-globose, pale, with the persistent corolla at its base. Seeds 1-1.2 mm. Life Form: Pa, Flowering in: Des-Jul, Vern:———–, Phytochoria: Cosm, The native range of this species is N. America, Caribbean. W. South America. Notes: Introduced in Libya.
For more information: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72786-2, https://www.ipni.org/n/72786-2, https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001297200, https://www.gbif.org/species/3610757, https://www.maltawildplants.com/CONV/Cuscuta_campestris.php, https://inpn.mnhn.fr/espece/cd_nom/93613/tab/fiche, https://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/eafrinet/weeds/key/weeds/Media/Html/Cuscuta_campestris_(Golden_Dodder).htm, https://portal.wiktrop.org/species/show/88, https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/10.1079/cabicompendium.17111, https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/76545-Cuscuta-campestris, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuscuta_campestris |
| Distribution in Libya |
| Al-Jafarah Plain |
| Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli 2016 |
| Bibliographic references: | |
| First: Encyclopedia Flora of Libyan: | |
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| Second: Researches and PhD theses, master theses , Sorted by Newest: | pdf files |
| Mahklouf, M. H. &Al Sghair, F. G. (2016) Biodiversity and Floristic Study of Al-Hdaba Treatment Plant Tripoli-Libya. American Journal of Life Science Researches, Original Article, pag. (101-103).Jul 2016, Volume 4, Issue 3, DOI: 10.21859/ajlsr-040307. https://bit.ly/3M2nCCi, https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohammed-Mahklouf | Biodiversity of Al-Hdaba Treatment 2016 |
