Description

Cuscuta australis, commonly known as Australian dodder, is an herb in the family Convolvulaceae. The annual parasitic twining herb or climber that is associated with many hosts. It blooms between November and March producing 5-merous white-cream-yellow flowers in compact clusters on pedicels which are less than 2.5 millimetres (0.1 in) long. The lobes are rounded-triangular and shorter than or equal in length to the corolla tube. The seeds are medicinal and have the functions of nourishing liver and kidney, replenishing essence and strengthening yang and stopping diarrhea.