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Cuscuta indecora var. attenuata

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Waterfall) Costea

Conservation Status

Endangered

Common Names

• Tapertip Dodder

Geographical Habitats

• Kansas
• Oklahoma
• E. Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Parasitizes sumpweed (Iva annua) almost exclusively

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Parasitic herbaceous annual with yellowish-orange stems, small white flowers to 2mm long, yellow-brown capsule

Further References

• USDA
• Kew