Participant Info

Species

Cuscuta indecora

Family

Convolvulaceae

CommonName

bigseed alfalfa dodder

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1958

LatestDate

2004

Ecosystem

basin, ruderal

Geobotanical

UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos

Passes

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

Comments

NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. The Watershed has produced two records of this dodder: Alamosa Co, 1985, parasitic on alfalfa; Conejos Co, along La Jara Creek, 2004, “infrequent,” parasitic on “Humulus and Asteraceae.” There are isolated records from nearly every USA state. In Texas the plant follows Rio Grande drainage to the Gulf.

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