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Cuscuta gronovii
Also called Gronovius Dodder, Common Dodder, Swamp Dodder
Cuscuta gronovii, scaldweed, is a yellow vine that grows as a parasite off other plants. It is a dicot.
The common dodder can be found in every state of the United States with the exceptions of Utah, Nevada, California, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii. It can also be found in all provinces, though not territories of Canada, with the exception of British Columbia. The plant is native in all of these areas.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cuscuta gronovii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
