Monographs Details:
Authority:

Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
Family:

Cuscutaceae
Scientific Name:

Cuscuta americana L.
Description:

Species Description - Plant orange, the stems slender, the inflorescence glandular. Flowers ehort-pedicelled in dense or rather loose clusters; calyx-lobes 5, ovate-orbicular, obtuse; corolla about 2 mm. long, its 5 lobes obtuse, shorter than the tube, the broad scales fringed all around; capsules subglobose, about 3 mm. in diameter, circumscissile near the base.

Distribution:

Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Exuma Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Anguilla South America| West Indies|