Cuscuta suksdorfii |
Cuscuta plattensis |
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mountain dodder |
prairie dodder |
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Stems | yellow, slender. |
yellow to pale orange, slender to medium. |
Inflorescences | loose, umbelliform; bracts at base of clusters 1, at base of pedicels and/or flowers 0 or 1, ovate-lanceolate, membranous, margins entire, apex acute. |
loose, paniculiform; bracts at base of clusters 1, at base of pedicels 0 or 1, ovate-triangular to lanceolate, membranous, margins entire, apex acute. |
Pedicels | 0–2 mm. |
0.5–2.5(–3) mm. |
Flowers | 4- or 5-merous, 2.8–3.3 mm, membranous, not papillate; calyx slightly zygomorphic, creamy yellow, broadly campanulate, 1-1/3–1-1/2 corolla tube length, divided 1/2–3/5 its length, not reticulate or shiny, lobes ovate, bases not overlapping, margins entire, midvein not carinate, apex long-attenuate; corolla white, drying creamy yellow, 2.6–3 mm, tube campanulate, 1.2–1.5 mm, not saccate, lobes suberect, triangular-ovate, longer than corolla tube length, margins entire, apex lance-attenuate, straight; infrastaminal scales relatively poorly developed, oblong, 0.6–1 mm, 1/2–3/4 corolla tube length, bridged at 0.2–0.3 mm, usually reduced to denticulate wings, rarely 2-fid with 1–3 fimbriae on each side of filament attachments, 0.1–0.2 mm; stamens included or barely visible through corolla sinuses, shorter than corolla lobes; filaments 0.2–0.5 mm; anthers 0.2–0.4 × 0.2–0.3 mm; styles terete to slightly subulate, 0.3–0.7 mm, 1/4 ovary length. |
5-merous, 3–4.6(–5) mm, membranous, not papillate; calyx yellow, cylindric-cupulate, equaling corolla tube length, divided 1/2–2/3 its length, reticulate, not shiny, lobes ovate-triangular, bases slightly overlapping, margins entire, midvein not carinate, without multicellular protuberances, apex obtuse to subacute; corolla white, drying creamy white, 3–4.4 mm, tube narrowly campanulate to cylindro-campanulate, 1.8–2.5 mm, not saccate, lobes spreading to reflexed, triangular, equaling corolla tube length, margins entire, apex acute, inflexed; infrastaminal scales obovate to oblong-spatulate, 1.5–2.1 mm, 3/4–4/5 corolla tube length, bridged at 0.4–0.6 mm, rounded, uniformly densely fimbriate, fimbriae 0.1–0.3 mm; stamens exserted, shorter than corolla lobes; filaments 0.3–0.4 mm; anthers 0.4–0.7 × 0.3–0.5 mm; styles filiform, 1.3–1.6 mm, equaling ovary. |
Capsules | ellipsoid-ovoid, ovoid-conic, or globose to depressed-globose, 2–3.2 × 2–3.6 mm, not thickened or raised around relatively small interstylar aperture, translucent, proximal 1/2 surrounded by withered corolla, indehiscent. |
globose to depressed-globose, 1.8–3.2 × 2.2–3.6 mm, not thickened or raised around relatively large interstylar aperture, not translucent, 1/2+ enveloped by withered corolla, indehiscent. |
Seeds | 2–4, obcompressed, subglobose, 0.8–1.1 × 0.8–1 mm, hilum subterminal. |
1–4, obcompressed, broadly ellipsoid to obovoid, 1–1.4 × 0.9–1.2 mm, hilum region subterminal. |
Cuscuta suksdorfii |
Cuscuta plattensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Sep. | Flowering Aug–Sep. |
Habitat | mountain meadows. | Hosts: Grindelia, Helianthus, Humulus, Psoralea, Rubus, and Solidago. |
Elevation | 1500–2600 m. (4900–8500 ft.) | 1500–2000 m. (4900–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA
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NE; WY |
Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Convolvulaceae > Cuscuta > subg. Grammica | Convolvulaceae > Cuscuta > subg. Grammica |
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Synonyms | C. salina var. acuminata, C. suksdorfii var. subpedicellata | |
Name authority | Yuncker: Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 167. (1932) | A. Nelson: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 131. (1899) |
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