Cuscute of thyme
The cuscute of thyme ( Cuscuta epithymum ), still called small cuscute is a plant of the family of the Convolvulaceae.
Description
It is a plant without chlorophyl, parasite of many shrubs of the European moors (heathers, gorses, bilberries). The sheets are practically non-existent, the flowers, grouped in clusters with the nodes, pink, are scented, with the triangular petals, two styles and projecting cheesecloths,
Characteristics
- reproductive bodies:
- Standard of inflorescence: clusters
- distribution of the sexes: Standard hermaphrodite
- of pollination: entomogame, autogame
- Period of flowering: June at September
- seed:
- Standard of fruit: capsule
- Mode of dissemination: barochore
- Habitat and distribution:
- standard Habitat: lawns acidophiles médioeuropéennes, planitiaires-collinéennes
- Surface of distribution: eurasiatic Southerner
Subspecies
- Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. subsp. epithymum
- Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. subsp. kotschyi (Of Moul.) Arcang.
- Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L. subsp. corsicana (Yunck.) Lambinon
External bond
Tela Botanica
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