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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   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDED WITHIN 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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Herbaceous vine
Annual

Habitat: Parasitizing herbaceous and woody hosts, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: east Asia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Stems twining, often yellowish-orange, leafless

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Creamy
Flowers are almost sessile.
Usually 5-merous
Campanulate corolla
Superior ovary

Flowers widely spaced in a spikelike inflorescence

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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