Cassytha glabella
Common Name:
Slender Dodder-laurel
Tangled dodder-laurel
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
Murray Mallee, Lowan Mallee, Wimmera, Wannon, Grampians, Midlands, Otway Plain, Eastern Highlands, Gippsland Plain, Wilsons Promontory, East Gippsland (BCDEHJKMNPRSTWXZ) also WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas
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Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Coastal heathland
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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 is completely glabrous (hairless) and the flowers are in clusters
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Conservation status:
Not threatened
References:
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Meagher, D. and Kohout, M. (2001). “A field guide to Wilsons Promontory”. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic.
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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