Cuscuta umbellata
Cuscuta umbellata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Convolvulaceae |
Genus: | Cuscuta |
Species: | C. umbellata |
Binomial name | |
Cuscuta umbellata Kunth[1] | |
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
- ↑ "Cuscuta umbellata Kunth". GBIF.org. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688