3694

Herbaceous vine
Annual

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Rare

Look for it primarily on woody hosts, per Weakley's Flora

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LEAVES:
Stems twining, often yellowish-orange, leafless

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Creamy
Usually 4-merous
4-lobed campanulate corolla (usually)
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Capsule

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Cuscuta cephalanthi   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta cephalanthi   FAMILY Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-01-006:
Cuscuta cephalanthii   FAMILY Convolvulaceae