Dodder (Cuscuta acuta)

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) May 17, 2005

Dodder
Cuscuta acuta

Cuscuta acuta on Santiago Island in the Galapagos, December 2004

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) May 17, 2005

What is that fiberous looking stuff? Vines?

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) May 17, 2005

Those are stems of the Dodder, which is a parasitic plant, growing on another plant and eventually killing it.

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CaptMicha Brookeville, MD(Zone 7a) May 18, 2005

Ohh. I wouldn't want to be that plant.

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zemerson Calvert County, MD(Zone 7a) Oct 29, 2005

ickkkk, I can't believe this horrid yellow hair-stuff is related to morning glories *shudders*

nice pictures though

-Zem

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