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indigo bush dodder

Cuscuta psorothamnensis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 17, February 20, March 107, April 19, May 18, June 14, July 12, August 12, September 15, October 15, November 20, December 18.
United States187
California187
Mexico2
Baja California2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Ordernightshades, bindweeds, gooseweeds, and allies · Solanales
Familybindweed family · Convolvulaceae
Genusdodders · Cuscuta

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise indigo bush dodder with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.