Status: Native
Synonyms:
None
Cuscuta indecora has 2-3mm long fleshy flowers which are five merous. The capsule is not circumscissile. The corolla tips are turned inwards. The scales are deeply fringed. The style is capitate and as long as the ovary. the capsule is globose. The pedicels are longer than the flowers. Cuscuta indecora grows on various hosts and is found in moister habitat. There are four seeds per capsule.
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Cuscuta indecora, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lilly, Sept. 1, 2008
Cuscuta indecora, detail of capsule and inflorescence, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lilly, Sept. 1, 2008
Cuscuta indecora, detail of scale, photo Russ Kleinman & Richard Felger, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lilly, Sept. 1, 2008
Cuscuta indecora, detail of panicle with pedicles longer than flowers with capitate styles, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lilly, Sept. 8, 2008
Cuscuta indecora, flowers 2-3mm with petals with inflexed tips, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lilly, Sept. 8, 2008
Cuscuta indecora, styles as long as the ovary and capsules globose, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lilly, Sept. 8, 2008
Cuscuta indecora, capsule not circumscissile at base, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Ben Lilly, Sept. 8, 2008
Cuscuta indecora, photomicrograph of deeply fringed staminate scale, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, August 23, 2021
Cuscuta indecora, photomicrograph of four seeded capsule with unequal styles, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, August 23, 2021
Cuscuta indecora, photomicrograph of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Pinos Altos Range, Little Cherry Creek Ranch Road, August 23, 2021
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