Cuscuta obtusiflora Kunth var. glandulosa Engelmann. Subgenus: Grammica. Common name: Glandular Dodder. Phenology: Jun-Sep (-Oct). Habitat: In calcareous glades, swampy thickets, and other habitats. Remarkably growing submersed and parasitic on Hygrophila polysperma (Williams, Tippery, & Les 2022). Usually parasitic on Persicaria, but also known from Alternanthera, Dalea, Hygrophila, Justicia, Ludwigia, Lythrum, and Xanthium. Distribution: GA and OK south to FL, TX, Mexico; West Indies. See Anderson (2007) for FL Panhandle record and Floden & Brant (2018) for the MO records.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Fl6, FNA14, G, GW2, K4, NcTx, NY, Tx, WH3, Costea, Nesom, & Stefanović (2006b), Gandhi, Thomas, & Hatch (1987), Spaulding (2013a); = Cuscuta glandulosa Small — S; = n/a — Il; < Cuscuta obtusiflora Kunth — Mex. Basionym: Cuscuta obtusiflora Kunth var. glandulosa Engelm. 1859
Links to other floras: = Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa - FNA14
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Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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