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Cuscuta suksdorfii

mountain dodder
Habit Parasitic, twining, perennial herbs, with very slender, pinkish-yellow to white glabrous stems, often forming large mats.
Leaves

: Leaves reduced to tiny scales.
Flowers

Flowers 2.5-3 mm. long, 4- to 5-merous, borne in few-flowered clusters on pedicles 1-3 mm. long;

calyx broad, nearly equaling the corolla, its lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, spreading;

corolla bell-shaped with a cap-like covering, lobed about half its length, the lobes ovate-lanceolate, erect;

stamens inserted just below the sinuses of the corolla;

filament scales variable;

styles 2,considerably shorter than the ovary;

ovary 2-celled, ovoid-conic, superior.
Fruits

Capsule ovoid

Cuscuta suksdorfii
Flowering time July-September
Habitat Parasitic on Asteraceae and Fabaceae, occasionally other families; montane pond shores, floodplains.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Review Group 1 in Washington (WANHP)
Sibling taxa
C. approximata, C. californica, C. campestris, C. cephalanthi, C. denticulata, C. epithymum, C. indecora, C. occidentalis, C. pacifica, C. pentagona
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