EPPO Global Database

Cuscuta epilinum(CVCEP)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-11

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

Notes

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.

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Common names
Name Language
flax dodder English
Flachsseide German
Leinseide German
bourreau de lin French
cuscute à fleurs serrées French
cuscute du lin French
rache à fleurs serrées French
rache du lin French
cabellos de monte Spanish
cuscuta del lino Spanish
podagra Spanish
cuscuta del lino Italian
cuscuta strozzalino Italian
vlaswarkruid Dutch
cuscuta-do-linho Portuguese
linsnärja Swedish
повилика льняная Russian
linsnyltetråd Norwegian
pellavanvieras Finnish
cinsaçı Turkish
keshut happishtah Hebrew
כְּשׁוּת הַפִּשְׁתָּה Hebrew
kanianka lnowa Polish
lenfojtó aranka Hungarian
kuskuta e lirit Albanian
ленена кукувича прежда Bulgarian
ленова кукувича прежда Bulgarian
lanova vilina kosa Croatian
kokotice hubilen Czech
linavõrm Estonian
linu vija Latvian
lininis brantas Lithuanian
вилина косица Serbian
ланова вилина косица Serbian
kukucina ľanová Slovak
prava predenica Slovene
повитиця льонова Ukrainian