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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta harperi
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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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.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta harperi
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuscuta harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Cuscuta harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cuscuta harperi
COMMON NAME:
Harper's Dodder
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September
Stems brittle, yellowish-orange, threadlike. Leaves are tiny orange scales, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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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 (Chafin, 2007).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta harperi
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta harperi
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cuscuta harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Key to the dodders (Cuscuta, Convolvulaceae) of Alabama and adjacent states (Spaulding, 2013)
Cuscuta harperi
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cuscuta harperi
3614
Herbaceous vine
Annual
Habitat: Outcrops of granite (Piedmont), sandstone (Cumberland Plateau, Ridge and Valley), and Altamaha grit (Coastal Plain), typically on plants such as Liatris microcephala, Bigelowia nuttallii, Hypericum gentianoides, Helianthus longifolius, and Croton willdenowii, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Stems twining, often yellowish-orange, leafless
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Creamy
4-merous
Calyx conspicuously 4-angled
4-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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