Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Cuscuta japonica var. japonica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Check out this Key to the Dodders of Alabama from Daniel Spaulding (Phytoneuron).
Read about Japanese Dodder from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read about the remarkably similar Dodder Laurel from Lytton Musselman and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta japonica
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
COMMON NAME:
Japanese Dodder
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Cuscuta japonica var. japonica
FAMILY
Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta japonica
FAMILY
Cuscutaceae
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