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Cuscuta californica

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Hooker & Arnott

Conservation Status

Endangered

Common Names

• Chaparral Dodder

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Mexico
• Arizona
• California
• Nevada
• Oregon
• Utah
• Washington - USA

Natural Habitats

• Pine forest
• shrublands
• roadsides
• sand dunes

Flowering Times

• May-Aug (USA)

Fruiting Times

Parasitic twiner with slender orange stems, clusters of white flowers, calyx with triangular lobes, capsule enveloped by corolla

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• FRM
• USDA
• Kew