Check out this Key to the Dodders of Alabama from Daniel Spaulding (Phytoneuron).
Read about the remarkably similar Dodder Laurel from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cuscuta harperi
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta harperi
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
COMMON NAME:
Harper's Dodder
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_harperi_100_10
September
Stems brittle, yellowish-orange, threadlike. Leaves are tiny orange scales, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_harperi_100_10b
September
Flowers ~ 1/16" long with 4 green sepals & 4 white petals with upturned tips, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia.