Cuscuta palaestina

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What to Eat

The plant is eaten raw or cooked.

Where to Find It

It is a Mediterranean climate plant.

Cyprus, Mediterranean,

Countries: Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Cyprus, Algeria, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Montenegro, Malta, Slovenia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey

How to Identify

A herb. It is a slender thread like creeper. It grows attached to other plants. The flowers are in very small heads 4-6 mm across. Seeds are 1 mm across.

How to Grow

Plants can grow from seed.

Other Information

These parasitic weeds can damage other crops.

Notes

There are 170 Cuscuta species. Also put in the family Cuscutaceae. Cuscuta plants are parasites growing on other plants.

References (1)

http://cypruswildflowers.com