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Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

Englemann

Common Names

• Peruvian Dodder

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Dominican Republic
• Guatemala
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Panama
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• New York
• Oklahoma
• Missouri
• Pennsylvania
• Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Lakeside
• riverside
• streamside

Flowering Times

• Jul Apr-Oct

Fruiting Times

• Jul

Twining parasite with pale yellow stems & bright orange foliage, fringed scales. Clusters or dense cymes of greenish-white flowers to 2.5mm long, 5-lobed calyx, corolla to 2.5mm long with 5 lobes. Capsule to 3.5mm diameter

Further References

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