Flat-Globe Dodder
(Cuscuta umbellata)
Description
uscuta umbellata, commonly known as flatglobe dodder, is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family (Convulvulaceae) found in the Sonoran Desert of the south-western United States. After summer monsoon rains, it spreads over the host plant in tangled masses of orange strings
Taxonomic tree:
Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Solanales
Family:Convolvulaceae
Genus:Cuscuta
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