Cuscuta colorans Maximowicz; C. japonica var. paniculata Engelmann; C. japonica var. thyrsoidea Engelmann; C. reflexa Roxburgh var. densiflora Bentham.

Corolla 3-5 mm. Stigma lobes tongue-shaped.

On herbs and shrubs. Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea, Russia, Vietnam].