Holub Cuscuta australis, commonly known as Australian dodder, is a herb in the family Convolvulaceae.

It blooms between November and March producing 5-merous[5] white-cream-yellow flowers[1] in compact clusters on pedicels which are less than 2.5 millimetres (0.1 in) long.

[6] In Western Australia, it is found in a small area in the Fitzgerald River National Park in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-clay soils.

[1] It is also found in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland,[5] and New Guinea[7] It is found widely throughout the world and considered native to Europe, tropical Asia, Africa, Australasia and temperate Asia.

[2][1] The type specimen, BM00016305,[8] was collected on 25 September 1802 at Broad Sound, Queensland, Australia by Robert Brown.