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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Magnoliids: Laurales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cassytha filiformis   FAMILY Lauraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cassytha filiformis   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Cassytha filiformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Cassytha filiformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Cassytha filiformis

 

COMMON NAME:
Dodder Laurel, Devil's Gut, Love-vine


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cassytha filiformis   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cassytha filiformis   FAMILY Lauraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Cassytha filiformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Cassytha filiformis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Cassytha filiformis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4220

Herbaceous vine; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: hammocks, pine flatwoods, longleaf pine sandhills, Florida scrub, coastal strands, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native: south Florida

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LEAVES:
Stems twining, yellow-green to orange, with scalelike, 1mm, alternate leaves

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish-green
Radially symmetrical
3-merous
6 tepals
9 fertile stamens, 3(6) staminodes
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Black
Drupe

 

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