Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Parasitic Dodder
(Cuscuta species)
- Provincial Noxious Weed
- annual parasitic plant having no leaves or green parts
- also called strangleweed for the thread-like yellow to orange twining stems that coil around and attach to host plants with wart-like suckers
- a particular concern in vegetable and forage crops and ornamentals
- can produce over 16,000 seeds per plant that can remain viable for over 60 years
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Dodder parasitizing alfalfa |
More information about parasitic dodder (Weeds BC)
Parasitic Dodder Weed Alert
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