Cassytha glabella
R.Br. Slender Dodder-laurelSmall glabrous twiner; stems filiform, 0.3–0.8 mm thick, green, yellow or reddish; haustoria usually less than 1 mm long. Leaves triangular-ovate, c. 0.4 mm long, c. 0.3 mm wide, yellow-green. Inflorescence a single or paired 2–10-flowered umbellate cluster; peduncle 5–10 mm long. Flowers ovoid, c. 1.5 mm long, c. 1 mm diam., sessile; sepals ovate, 0.5–1 mm long, scarious, margin white; petals ovate, 1–2 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, white. Fruit 4–6 mm long, glabrous, green, yellow or reddish.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, HFE, VAlp.
4 forms, the 2 occurring in Victoria indistinguishable in the absence of mature fruit.
Jeanes, J.A. (1996). Lauraceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 26–30. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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