EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: CVCEP
• Preferred name: Cuscuta epilinum
• Authority: Weihe

Origin probably in Caucasus and Westen Asia. Parasitic on flax (Linum usitatissimum) and, in the past, generally associated with cultivated flax throughout Europe and elsewhere. With the decline in flax growing, and improvements in cultural methods, C. epilinum has become a rarety.

WSSA list of weeds in North America