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Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L., Amoen. Acad. 4: 478. 1759. var. (subsp.) epithymum Herbarium voucher: Belgium, Flanders, Limburg Province, Maasmechelen, Nature Reserve ‘Mechelse heide’; host: Calluna vulgaris, 16 Aug 2004, Klaar Meulebrouck s.n. [thanks Klaar!] (WLU)

Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: inflorescence
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: gynoecia
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: calyx dissected
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: calyx lobes
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: corolla, dissected
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: infrastaminal scales
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: infrastaminal scale detail
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: flowers
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: styles and stigma (stained with neutral red)
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: corolla & scales 3D view from above
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: corolla & scales 3D view from underneath
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: flower
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: flower
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: corolla lobes
Cuscuta epithymum var. (subsp) epithymum: inflorescence fragment

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