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Cuscuta indecora

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Choisy

Common Names

• Bigseed Alfalfa Dodder

Geographical Habitats

• Barbados
• Belize
• Saskatchewan - Canada
• W. Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Panama
• Puerto Rico
• Alabama
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming - USA
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland

Flowering Times

• Jul-Sep (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Aug

High-twining parasitic vine with slender or stout orange stems, light yellow foliage, fringed scales. Paniculate cymes of fleshy white flowers, calyx with 5 lobes, fleshy corolla to 5mm long with 5 lobes. Capsule 4mm across enveloped in persistent corolla

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• FRM
• USNH
• Kew