Cuscuta rostricarpa
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NameCuscuta rostricarpa
Scientific NameCuscuta rostricarpa Yuncker
Plant FamilyConvolvulaceae
Natural HabitatFound between Mansourah and Constantine, Algeria, typically parasitic on host plants such as Othonna cheirifolia.
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Rarityvery-rare
Description
Cuscuta rostricarpa is characterized by very slender stems and dense glomerules of subsessile, 4- or 5-parted flowers, approximately 3 mm long, which appear yellow when dry. Its fleshy calyx is longer than and encloses the campanulate-suburceolate corolla, featuring ovate lobes with a protracted, acute apex. The plant produces an ovoid, rostrately pointed ovary, and a circumscissile capsule surrounded by the withered corolla.
