A Parasitic
and some native plants, around which it then twines itself and then quickly extends suckers into the vascular tissues to withdraw muchneeded nutrients. Once it has attached itself to a suitable host it relinquishes its soilbound ties and begins to live entirely on its host If a host plant is not found it will die. Dodder, botanical name Cuscuta epithymum, bears very small red and white bunches of flowers on brownish, completely leafless stems.
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Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31379, 26 May 1967, Page 6
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76A Parasitic Press, Volume CVII, Issue 31379, 26 May 1967, Page 6
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