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Cuscuta compacta

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Jussieu ex Choisy

Common Names

• Compact Dodder
• Sessile Dodder

Geographical Habitats

• Ontario
• Quebec - Canada
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Fields
• woodland
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Summer to Autumn

Fruiting Times

Twining herbaceous parasitic vine, orange to yellow foliage, white flowers to 1mm long in masses with bracts, calyx subtended by ribbed bracts, 4-5 sepals, corolla 4mm long. Capsule to 3.5mm long capped with persistent corolla

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• USNH
• Kew