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Cuscuta cuspidata

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Englemann

Common Names

• Cusp Dodder

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• Oklahoma
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Wisconsin - USA

Natural Habitats

• Creekside
• riverbank
• field
• flood plain
• prairie
• streamside
• woodland
• lakeside

Flowering Times

• Aug-Sep (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Parasitic twiner with slender pale orange stems & yellowish foliage. Cymes or panicles of white flowers to 4.5mm long with bracts, calyx subtended by bracts, 5 sepals, corolla to 5mm long with 5 lobes. Capsule to 2mm long capped with persistent corolla.

Further References

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