1533 Cuscuta europaea L.

This species is widely distributed in Eurasia. It occurs as an adventive especially in the northernmost localities. The map includes var. halophyta Fr., occurring along the S. Fennoscandian coasts (see Hultén, Atlas 1971, map 1442). It has been introduced into eastern N. America, Haiti and Australia (Queensland). Cf. also Meusel et al. 1978, map p. 359.