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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta harperi   FAMILY Convolvulaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta harperi   FAMILY Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cuscuta harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)

Cuscuta harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cuscuta harperi

 

COMMON NAME:
Harper's Dodder


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image of Cuscuta harperi, Harper's Dodder

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_harperi_100_10

September        

Stems brittle, yellowish-orange, threadlike. Leaves are tiny orange scales, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).

image of Cuscuta harperi, Harper's Dodder

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_c_harperi_100_10b

September        

Flowers ~ 1/16" long with 4 green sepals & 4 white petals with upturned tips, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta harperi   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta harperi   FAMILY Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuscuta harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Cuscuta harperi

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cuscuta harperi

 

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3614

Herbaceous vine
Annual

Habitat: Outcrops of granite (Piedmont), sandstone (Cumberland Plateau, Ridge and Valley), and Altamaha grit (Coastal Plain), typically on plants such as Liatris microcephala, Bigelowia nuttallii, Hypericum gentianoides, Helianthus longifolius, and Croton willdenowii, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Stems twining, often yellowish-orange, leafless

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Creamy
4-merous
Calyx conspicuously 4-angled
4-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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