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Dodder | Cuscuta spp.

May contain: plant, vegetation, leaf, acanthaceae, and flower
Photo Credit: © Fritz Geller-Grimm
May contain: plant, vegetation, leaf, soil, land, nature, outdoors, rainforest, and tree
Photo Credit: Dodder infestation in an agricultural field ©University of Georgia
image shows a vine wrapping around another plant
Photo Credit: Dodder (bottom) parasitizing a host plant (top) ©University of Georgia
May contain: plant, vegetation, leaf, acanthaceae, and flower
May contain: plant, vegetation, leaf, soil, land, nature, outdoors, rainforest, and tree
image shows a vine wrapping around another plant

Annual plants that parasitize the leaves and stems of other plants. Dodders have leafless, threadlike stems that are orange, red or yellow. Roots disappear after stems have attached to host plant. Small, whitish, bell-shaped flowers appear summer through fall.

Plant Details

Habitat Notescommercial ag land, gardens
Mature Heightna