Information Page for Cuscuta gronovii (Common dodder)

This species of morning glory produces a tangle of intertwining stems, and white bell-shaped flowers in dense clusters.

The common dodders scientific name was created in honor of Dutch botanist Jan Fredrik Gronovius. Gronovius was the teacher of Linnaeus.

References:

Wildflowers of Tennessee, by Jack B. Carman, p. 199, Highland Rim Press.

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Kingdom:
Plantae
Division:
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Cuscutaceae
Elevation Distribution:
Phenology


Park Sensitive Species? No


Taxon Authority:
Willdenow

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