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| Cuscuta umbellata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Cuscuta |
| Species: | C. umbellata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cuscuta umbellata Kunth[2]
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Cuscuta umbellata, commonly known as flatglobe dodder, is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family (Convulvulaceae) in the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern United States.[3] After summer monsoon rains, it spreads over the host plant in tangled masses of orange strings.[3]