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Cuscuta glomerata
Rope dodder (Cuscuta glomerata) is a leafless, yellowish-orange parasitic annual vine in the morning-glory family that wraps around and feeds on other herbs, especially daisy-family plants, in moist prairies and low wet ground. It cannot be grown as a normal garden plant; it is managed only as a weed or observed in the wild.
Cuscuta glomerata is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family, Convolvuaceae. It is commonly known by the name rope dodder.
Cuscuta glomerata is native to the central United States and can be found in the following states: Arkansas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
