Cuscuta indecora Choisy

Bigseed alfalfa dodder (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Cuscuta

Characteristics

Fls 5-merous, short-pedicellate in loose to compact glomerules; cal-lobes triangular, acute or somewhat obtuse, shorter than to about equaling the broad cor-tube; cor-lobes broadly triangular, erect or ascending, usually shorter than the tube, acute with inflexed tip; styles 0.5–1.5 mm; stigma capitate; fr depressed-globose, enveloped by the withered, calyptrate cor, evidently thickened around the styles, which appear to be set in a shallow pit surrounded by a collar; seeds mostly 4; 2n=30. On a wide variety of hosts; Ill. to N.D., w. to Calif., s. to Fla. and S. Amer.
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Growth form herb
Growth support climber parasite
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-12

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Distribution

Cuscuta indecora world distribution map, present in Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Morocco, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Uruguay, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72866-2
WFO ID wfo-0001297221
COL ID 32LT5
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Synonyms

Grammica indecora Cuscuta indecora Epithymum indecorum Cuscuta decora var. indecora

Lower taxons

Cuscuta indecora var. indecora Cuscuta indecora var. attenuata Cuscuta indecora var. bifida Cuscuta indecora var. longisepala