Cuscuta campestris
Common name
field dodder, golden dodder
Family
Convolvulaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Conservation status
Not applicable
Brief description
Parasitic twining vine, with little or no chlorophyll. Attached to a wide variety of host plants.
Flower colours
White
Year naturalised
1941 (CHR 25085)
Origin
Probably N.America
Etymology
campestris: From the Latin campus ‘field, pasture’, meaning growing in pasture