菟丝子在河南的蓝孜、民权、商丘、宁陵、睢县、太康、祀县、陈留、开封等县都有发生,当地农民叫它为菟耳丝。为害的寄主植物种类很多,如大豆、花生、青麻、枣树、桑树、洋槐、柳树、杨树、榆树、柽柳以及多种杂草。以大豆被害最严重,受害轻的叶子变黄,生长不良,重的植株枯死。为害大豆和各种树木的菟丝子同属于旋花科菟丝 Dodder in Lanzi, Henan, civil rights, Shangqiu, Ningling, Pixian, Taikang, Si County, Chen Liu, Kaifeng and other counties have occurred, the local farmers call it earmuffs. There are many host plants harmful to the environment, such as soybean, peanut, hemp, jujube, mulberry, acacia, willow, poplar, elm, tamarisk and various weeds. To the most severely affected soybean, light yellow leaves damaged, poor growth, heavy plants dead. Damage to soybeans and all kinds of trees dodder belong to Convolvulus reeling