Calflora: Cuscuta leptantha

Cuscuta leptantha Engelm.

slender dodder

Cuscuta leptantha, a dicot, is an annual herb or vine (parasitic) that is not native to California.

Cuscuta leptantha is also classified by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as a Noxious Weed List A: Control action required by state agencies. [CDFA Weeds 2010]


Family:	CONVOLVULACEAE (PLANTS: CUSCUTACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Cuscuta found in California.

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Information about Cuscuta leptantha from other sources:

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USDA PLANTS Profile (CULE)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
UC Integrated Pest Management Weed Photo Gallery
(profile of this plant as an agricultural weed)
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database