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Cuscuta gronovii

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Willdenow ex Roemer & Schultes

Common Names

• Dodder

Geographical Habitats

• Alberta
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland
• Nova Scotia
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan - Canada
• Hispaniola
• Alabama
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Colorado
• District of Colombia
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachussetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming - USA

Natural Habitats

• Shrublands
• coastal shrublands

Flowering Times

• Jul (Hispaniola)
• Jul-Oct (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Jul (Hispaniola)

High-climbing parasitic twiner with orange, yellow, brown or blackish stems, yellowish foliage becoming orange, fringed scales. No leaves. Umbels or panicles with bracts 1mm long, 3-7 white or yellowish flowers, sepals 1.5mm long, 5-lobed corolla 4mm long, calyx with 5 lobes. Capsule to 5mm diameter partially enclosed by persistent corolla.

Further References

• Mobot
• USDA
• Fedde
• The Plant List 2
• FOSEUS
• FRM
• USNH
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew