Cuscuta umbellata
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C. umbellata
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| Cuscuta umbellata Kunth[1]
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Cuscuta umbellata (flatglobe dodder) is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family (Convulvulaceae) found in the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States.[2] After summer monsoon rains, it spreads over the host plant in tangled masses of orange strings.[2]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
