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Cuscuta glomerata

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Choisy

Common Names

• Rope Dodder

Geographical Habitats

• Arkansas
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Nebraska
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Wisconsin - USA

Natural Habitats

• Prairie

Flowering Times

• Jul-Oct (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Oct (USA)

Annual parasitic twiner with yellow-white foliage, slender orange stems. Numerous white flowers with yellow centres in dense clusters, strongly ribbed calyx, 5 serrulate sepals. serrulate bracts, corolla 3mm long. Capsule 2mm long capped with persistent corolla.

Further References

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