Cassytha pubescens
Common Name:
Downy Dodder-laurel
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Murray Mallee, Lowan Mallee, Wimmera, Wannon, Grampians, Midlands, Otway Plain, Eastern Highlands, Gippsland Plain, Gippsland Highlands, Wilsons Promontory, East Gippsland (ABCDEHJKNPSTUVWXZ) also SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Open forest
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Flower Description:
White
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Habit:
Herbaceous, leafless, hemiparasitic climber
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
This species has flower buds that are covered in brown/reddish hairs, spikes that are less than 26 mm long and fruit that is covered in white hairs
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Conservation status:
Not threatened
References:
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Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria