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Cuscuta monogyna, eastern dodder, is a leafless, holoparasitic annual vine that wraps around and draws nutrients from host plants rather than growing in soil on its own. It is not a plant to cultivate; it is a parasitic weed of crops and wild plants.
Cuscuta monogyna, the eastern dodder, is a species of annual herb in the family Convolvulaceae. They are climbers and have simple, broad leaves.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cuscuta monogyna by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
