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Cassytha filiformis L.
Love Vine

Reference
Sp.Pl. [Linnaeus] 1:35 (1753)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Parasitic perennial, herb and climber. Fl. white-cream-yellow, Jan to Dec. Found on Melaleuca & Acacia. Sandstone outcrops & plateaus, mangrove swamps, coastal dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 May 1996
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Indian Tropical Islands, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Berkeley, Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Trainor.
IMCRA Regions
Canning, Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Cocos Islands, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.