Cuscuta monogyna, Vahl

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 77

17. C. monogyna Vahl , Symb. Bot. 2: 32 (1791).

Flowers 3-4 mm, sessile or shortly pedicellate, in spike-like inflorescences of 1- to 4-flowered cymules. Calyx campanulate, | as long as corolla-tube or equalling it in length; lobes orbicular-ovate, obtuse, overlapping, somewhat carinate and with crenulate margins. Corolla-lobes ovate, obtuse, crenulate, erect, c. j as long as tube; corolla-tube cylindrical. Stamens included. Scales dentate, nearly reaching the stamens. Ovary globose-conical. Style about as long as stigma. Capsule capped by the detached corolla. Seeds 3-3-5 mm. Mainly on shrubs and trees. S.E. Europe, extending locally westwards to Portugal. Bu Ga G r It Ju Lu Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Tu.