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Requests about identification of wild plants in Malta and Gozo. (Please include precise details and pictures to help the experts in their ID process)

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Post by xilpa » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:00 pm

Can anyone please tell me what this is ?
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Post by MWP admin » Sat Jan 18, 2014 3:19 am

This is a species of Cuscuta (Dodder) which in Maltese we general call as "Pitma". It is likely Cuscuta epithymum from it's reddish colour, although a 100% ID would require the flowers (tiny masses in April)

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Post by xilpa » Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:20 am

Thanks Stephen. I will visit the site in April so that I can photograph the flower.
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Post by jackpot » Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:36 pm

I am 99.9% sure of C. epithymum :)
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