index KINDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) phylum ANGIOSPERMAE (FLOWERS) CLASS DICOTS SUBCLASS ASTERID SUPERORDER LAMIANAE ORDER Solanales FAMILY CONVOLVULACEA
Genus Cuscuta
Hairweed



Genus Cuscuta
Hairweed


BBALLBLU.GIF Parasitic plant
Dodder grows toward the smell of nearby plants.
May be totally orborial, independent of soil.
Does not attack monocots.
Penitrates hosts tissues.


BBALLBLU.GIF Seeds can survive 10 or more years.
May be an annual plant in cold.
RULERMAR.GIF, 1 kB
DODDER2009MAY17.JPG, 67 kB
Dodder
2009.may.17
Above Concow, HWY-70


RULERBOWGIF