Cuscuta cephalanthi Engelm.

Buttonbush dodder (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Cuscuta

Characteristics

Fls mostly 4-merous, 2–2.5 mm, sessile or subsessile in compact glomerules; cal shorter than the cor-tube, its lobes obtuse, strongly overlapping basally; cor cylindric-campanulate, the erect or spreading lobes obtuse or broadly rounded, shorter than the tube; styles 0.5–1.5 mm; stigma capitate; fr 3 mm, globose or depressed-globose, closely invested by the persistent, withered, eventually calyptrate cor; seeds 1–2, 1.5–2 mm; 2n=60. Me. to Wash., s. to Fla. and N.M.
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Growth form herb
Growth support climber parasite
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Distribution

Cuscuta cephalanthi world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72787-2
WFO ID wfo-0001297203
COL ID 32LNV
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Synonyms

Cuscuta tenuiflora Epithymum cephalanthi Cuscuta cephalanthi