Cuscuta approximata — Overview

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According to Kamelin (in litt.), the specimens identified as Cuscuta approximata require further study. Possibly two or three species are combined in this description, one of them probably C. cupulata Engelmann. Cuscuta approximata is known to be strictly parasitic on Medicago.

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