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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta suaveolens
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
Go to FSUS key
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 suaveolens
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuscuta suaveolens
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Cuscuta suaveolens
COMMON NAME:
Fringed Dodder, Lucerne Dodder, Alfalfa Dodder
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta suaveolens
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta suaveolens
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuscuta suaveolens
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Cuscuta suaveolens
3695
Herbaceous vine
Annual
Habitat: Fields, especially on herbaceous Fabaceae, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
This plant is causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Stems twining, often yellowish-orange, leafless
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Creamy
Usually 5-merous
5-lobed campanulate corolla (usually)
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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