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| Cuscuta corylii Engelm. | Species Image Gallery (opens in a new window) |
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| TAXONOMY | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Family: | Cuscutaceae | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genus: | Cuscuta | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Species Synonyms: | none | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Names: | hazel dodder | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Canada: | southwestern Saskatchewan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | southwestern Saskatchewan; Mortlach area | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ecoregion: | Mixed Grassland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| HABITAT | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saskatchewan: | parasitic on a variety of hosts, including Turtle Mountain goldenrod and wild licorice | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RARITY STATUS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Provincial
Status According to Harms (2003): |
Vulnerable |
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| Nature Conservancy Status: | G5 N1 S1 |
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| Saskatchewan
Species at Risk Status: |
None |
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| COSEWIC Status: | None |
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| Hazel dodder is vulnerable because of extreme rarity and limitation to one region of the province. The Saskatchewan population is isolated from other populations of the same species. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIES DESCRIPTION | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Roots: | plants do not root in soil; suckers attach stem to other plants | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stems: | parasitic annual, twining, 0.4 – 0.6 mm diameter, yellow-orange | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Leaves: | absent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inflorescence: | small, branched, terminal flowers maturing first; flowers stalked | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers: | 2.5 – 3 mm long; sepals mostly 4, distinct, acute, surrounded by scale-like bracts; petals mostly 4, slenderly bell-shaped, petal tube to 2 mm long; scales in throat 2-cleft, very small; stamens equal to petal lobes; ovary thickened towards the top, stigma head-like | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Fruits: | capsule spherical, becoming depressed spherical, capped by withered petals; seeds usually 4, 1.5 mm, globular, covered in bran-like scales | ||||||||||||||||||||
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