Cuscuta umbellata

Cuscuta umbellata, commonly known as flatglobe dodder, is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family (Convulvulaceae) found in the Sonoran Desert of the south-western United States.[2] After summer monsoon rains, it spreads over the host plant in tangled masses of orange strings.[2]

Cuscuta umbellata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Cuscuta
Species:
C. umbellata
Binomial name
Cuscuta umbellata
Kunth[1]

References

  1. "Cuscuta umbellata Kunth". GBIF.org. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
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