Dodder Weed Is Strangling Local Crops And Costing Farmers Millions

Cuscuta (/ kʌsˈkjuːtə /), commonly known as dodder or amarbel, is a genus of over 201 species of yellow, orange, or red (rarely green) parasitic plants. Jul 18, 2025 · They belong to dodder—a stem parasite with a fascinating life history. It’s a plant that can see, smell, and even sweet-talk its host. A tangle of dodder grows by the roadside. Dodder is. Dodder, genus of about 145 species of leafless, twining, parasitic plants in the morning glory family (Convolvulaceae). They are widely distributed throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the. There are over 150 species of dodders (Cuscuta spp.) worldwide. A member of the Convolvulaceae plant family, dodders are annual parasitic plants that reproduce by seed. Dodder is the name of several species of parasitic plants that are widely distributed in North America and Europe. Plants parasitized by dodder include alfalfa, carrots, onions, potatoes, cranberries, a.

Dodders (Cuscuta spp.) are obligate parasitic plants consisting of yellow twining stems that produce small clusters of white flowers. The stems will wrap around the host and insert specialized structures. Sep 15, 2025 · Dodder is characterized by its tangle of leafless, yellow to orange threadlike stems. The stems encircle host plants and steal nutrients and water from the host via modified roots called. Dodder is an annual seed-bearing parasitic vine in the dodder family (formerly placed in the morning-glory family). Its thin, thread-like, yellow or orange stems grow rapidly entwining and covering their. Cuscuta epithymum (dodder, lesser dodder, hellweed, strangle-tare) is a parasitic plant assigned to the family Cuscutaceae or Convolvulaceae, depending on the taxonomy.