Cuscuta approximata, Bab.

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

15. C. approximata Bab. , Ann. Nat. Hist. 13: 253 (1844).

Stems moderately stout. Flowers (2-5-)3-4 mm, (4-)5-merous, sessile; glomerules (6-)7-12m m in diameter, compact, globose.

Calyx turbinate, about as long as corolla-tube, golden-yellow, shiny and finely reticulate when dry, like a fly’s wing; lobes short, broader than long, overlapping at base, with rounded sides and ending more or less abruptly in a short and obtuse, or long and subacute whitish fleshy apex. Corolla campanulate, becoming globose or urceolate around the capsule; lobes patent, triangularovate, about as long as tube. Stamens exserted. Scales shorter than corolla-tube or reaching the stamens, oblong, shallowly fimbriate. Styles (including stigmas) as long as or longer than ovary; stigmas often shorter than styles. Capsule depressedglobose. Mostly on shrubs. S. Europe and S. half o f U.S.S.R.; casualfurther north. Al Co Ga G r He Hs It Ju Lu Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Sa Si?Su [Br Bu Ge Hu].

1 Fleshy apex of the calyx-lobe short, obtuse (a) subsp. approximata 1 Fleshy apex of calyx-lobe acute, longer than the lobe itself

2 Flowers 3-4 mm, 5-merous (b) subsp. macranthera 2 Flowers 2-5 mm, often 4-merous (c) subsp. episonchum