Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Convolvulaceae

Genus:

Cuscuta

Species:

Cuscuta australis var. australis

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Parasite

Native Range

Central Asia: Kazakhstan, Kirgizs, East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Eastern Europe: South European Russia, Ukraine, Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Siberia: West Siberia, South Tropical Africa: Zambia, Southern Africa: Botswana, Northern Provinces, West Tropical Africa: Burkina, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon, Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar