Swamp Dodder
Scientific Name:Cuscuta gronovii
Common Name Synonyms: Common Dodder


NOTES: Native parasitic vine. Grows rapidly, entwining and parasitizing its host plants.

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Swamp Dodder
Genus species: Cuscuta gronovii
Common Names: Swamp Dodder
Common Dodder
Family Name: Convolvulaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, twining or trailing in most; leaves alternate, simple; flowers bisexual, regular, in cymes or solitary; fruit a capsule.
    Alternate Family Name (Synonym): Cuscutaceae  
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Vine
Flower Color:White
Identified by:SB
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