Cuscuta umbellata Kunth var. umbellata . Subgenus: Grammica. Common name: Flat-globe Dodder. Phenology: Apr-Dec. Habitat: Beach dunes and coastal strands, especially on herbaceous hosts. Known hosts include Acleisanthes, Allionia, Alternanthera, Amaranthus, Atriplex, Boerhavia, Gilia, Iresine, Kallstroemia, Salsola, Sesuvium, Suaeda, Tidestromia, Trianthema, and Tribulus (Costea & Nesom (2023). Distribution: Peninsular FL; West Indies; KS and CO south through sw. LA, TX, NM, AZ, and Mexico; South America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: A second variety, var. desertorum Engelmann, is known only from South America (Costea & Nesom 2023).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA14; < Cuscuta umbellata Kunth — Bah, Fl6, GrPl, K4, Mex, S, Tx, WH3. Basionym: Cuscuta umbellata Kunth 1819
Links to other floras: = Cuscuta umbellata var. umbellata - FNA14
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