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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
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 obtusiflora var. glandulosa
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cuscuta glandulosa
COMMON NAME:
Glandular Dodder
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cuscuta glandulosa
3696
Herbaceous vine
Annual
Habitat: In calcareous glades, swampy thickets, and other habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Stems twining, often yellowish-orange, leafless
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Creamy
5-merous
5-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
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