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Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.

dodder (Convolvulaceae)

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Cuscuta epithymum is a holoparasitic plant with no leaves of its own.

Hartslock (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2015-07-06

 dodder / Cuscuta epithymum: _Cuscuta epithymum_ is a <a href="parasite.html">holoparasitic plant</a> with no leaves of its own.

Cuscuta epithymum grows on dry grassland, unlike Cuscuta europaea, which prefers riverside locations.

Hartslock (VC23: Oxfordshire); 2015-07-06

 dodder / Cuscuta epithymum: _Cuscuta epithymum_ grows on dry grassland, unlike _Cuscuta europaea_, which prefers riverside locations.

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