Cuscuta umbellata
Appearance
Cuscuta umbellata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Convolvulaceae |
Genus: | Cuscuta |
Species: | C. umbellata
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Binomial name | |
Cuscuta umbellata Kunth[2]
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Cuscuta umbellata, commonly known as flatglobe dodder, is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family (Convulvulaceae) in the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States.[3] After summer monsoon rains, it spreads over the host plant in tangled masses of orange strings.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Cuscuta umbellata". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Cuscuta umbellata Kunth". GBIF.org. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ a b Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688