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Herbarium specimen: Cuscuta epithymum

Taxon:Cuscutaceae: Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. ("Dodder")
Filed in taxon folder:Cuscutaceae: Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. ("Dodder")
Collected by:Geoff T Naylor
Collection date:27/8/1950
Locality:Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Chobham Common, SU96
Institution:Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:K000790249
Image:
© Kew
Cuscuta epithymum herbarium specimen from Chobham Common, VC17 Surrey in 1950 by Geoff T Naylor.
collector's number:361
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Annual parasite with thread-like stems. Flowers pink. Climbing over sunny side of Ulex minor and other plants.

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Documented by johned on 13th August 2012.

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