EPPO Global Database

Cuscuta europaea(CVCEU)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-11

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: CVCEU
  • Preferred name: Cuscuta europaea
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Euromediterranean region generally, Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, Western Asia, Central Asia, Himalayas, China, Japan, Mongolia. Parasitic on various herbaceous hosts, typically Urtica dioica. Introduced in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Cuscuta kotschyana Boissier
Cuscuta major Linnaeus
Cuscuta viciae Schultz
Cuscuta vulgaris Persoon

Common names
Name Language
greater dodder English
large dodder English
nettle dodder English
europäische Seide German
Hopfenseide German
Nesselseide German
cuscute d'Europe French
cuscute majeure French
cuscute majeure French
grande cuscute French
rache d'Europe French
rache majeure French
cabellos de monte Spanish
cabellos de Venus Spanish
cuscuta Spanish
carpaterra Italian
cuscuta europea Italian
cuscuta grande Italian
lino ginestro Italian
groot warkruid Dutch
nässelsnärja Swedish
kushiro-ne-nashi-kazura Japanese
クシロネナシカズラ Japanese
повилика европейская Russian
nælde-silke Danish
neslesnyltetråd Norwegian
humalanvieras Finnish
bostanbozan Turkish
keshut koteshi Hebrew
כְּשׁוּת קוֹטְשִׁי Hebrew
kanianka europejska Polish
kanianka pospolita Polish
közönséges aranka Hungarian
kuskuta e evropës Albanian
rroth Albanian
teli i dreqit Albanian
coscuta Aragonese
seda Aragonese
tiña Aragonese
cuscula Basque
европейска кукувича прежда Bulgarian
cabell Catalan
tinya Catalan
ōu zhōu tù sī zǐ Chinese
欧洲菟丝子 Chinese
europska vilina kosa Croatian
kokotice evropská Czech
harilik võrm Estonian
Eiropas vija Latvian
paprastasis brantas Lithuanian
couscoute Occitan
pel-de-lin Occitan
peu de houc Occitan
raque Occitan
sabrena Occitan
tègne Occitan
telaràco Occitan
torţel Romanian
вилина косица Serbian
европска виилина косица Serbian
kukučina európska Slovak
navadna predenica Slovene
повитиця викова Ukrainian
повитиця європейська Ukrainian