Cuscuta umbellata

Species of flowering plant

Cuscuta umbellata

Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Asterids
Order:  | Solanales
Family:  | Convolvulaceae
Genus:  | Cuscuta
Species:  |

C. umbellata

Binomial name
Cuscuta umbellata

Kunth[2]

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]

## References

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1. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Cuscuta umbellata". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
2. ^ "Cuscuta umbellata Kunth". GBIF.org. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
3. ^ a b Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688

Taxon identifiers

Cuscuta umbellata|

* Wikidata: Q15273039
* AoFP: 2223
* APDB: 239011
* BOLD: 1102644
* CoL: 32LZV
* EoL: 580968
* EPPO: CVCUM
* GBIF: 2927510
* GRIN: 466754
* iNaturalist: 161287
* IPNI: 72987-2
* IRMNG: 10198622
* ITIS: 30755
* NatureServe: 2.149399
* NCBI: 184473
* Open Tree of Life: 216756
* Plant List: tro-8501559
* PLANTS: CUUM
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72987-2
* Tropicos: 8501559
* WFO: wfo-0001297952