Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cassytha filiformis
FAMILY
Lauraceae
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Read about Cassytha filiformis (Dodder Laurel or Devil's Gut) from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cassytha filiformis
FAMILY
Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cassytha filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cassytha filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cassytha filiformis
COMMON NAME:
Dodder Laurel, Devil's Gut, Love-vine
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cassytha filiformis
FAMILY
Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cassytha filiformis
FAMILY
Lauraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cassytha filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Cassytha filiformis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cassytha filiformis
4220
Herbaceous vine; Forb
Perennial
Habitat: hammocks, pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, coastal strands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: south Florida
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Stems twining, yellow-green to orange, with scalelike, 1mm, alternate leaves
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish-green
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 tepals
9 fertile stamens, 3(6) staminodes
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe
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