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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta polygonorum
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out this Key to the Dodders of Alabama from Daniel Spaulding (Phytoneuron).
Read about the remarkably similar Dodder Laurel from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta polygonorum
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuscuta polygonorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Cuscuta polygonorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cuscuta polygonorum
COMMON NAME:
Smartweed Dodder
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cupo_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta polygonorum
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta polygonorum
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuscuta polygonorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Cuscuta polygonorum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cuscuta polygonorum
3691
Herbaceous vine
Annual
Habitat: On Polygonum and other hosts, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Stems twining, often yellowish-orange, leafless
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Creamy
Usually 4-merous
4-lobed campanulate corolla (usually)
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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