Scientific Name: Cuscuta tasmanica

Common Name: golden dodder

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Convolvulaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Parasitic herb with yellow twining stems, leaves reduced to small scales.

Flowers: 5 petalled flowers, clustered 2-5 together on stalks which are stouter than the stem.

Fruit: Capsule