Dodder – Cuscuta species
Parasitic plant in the family Convolvulaceae – (Morning glory).
Cuscuta is a genus of about 100 – 170 species of yellow, orange, or red parasitic plants called dodder. Other common names include: devil’s guts, devil’s hair, devil’s ringlet, goldthread, hailweed, hairweed, hellbine, love vine, pull-down, strangleweed, angel hair, and witch’s hair.
Formerly treated as the only genus in the family Cuscutaceae, it now is accepted as belonging in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae, on the basis of the work of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The genus is found throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the world, with the greatest species diversity in subtropical and tropical regions; the genus becomes rare in cool temperate climates, with only four species native to northern Europe. — Wikipedia, Cuscuta
