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Floristic Inventory of the Florida Keys Database Online

Cuscuta boldinghii Urb.
Boldingh's dodder

Cuscuta boldinghii
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer, Upper Matecumbe Key, Monroe County, FL, USA

Family: Convolvulaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Parasite

Habit: Vine

Perennation: Annual

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Critically Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

South Florida History and Distribution: Not included in Rare Plants of South Florida (Gann et al. 20022341 USF). Originally determined as Cuscuta umbellata, which is also known from the Florida Keys. Also collected nearby at the Key Tree Cactus Nature Preserve. Growing only in disturbed mowed uplands, it's native habitat is unknown.

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

FLORIDA KEYS Occurrence: Present

FLORIDA KEYS Native Status: Native

IRC FLORIDA KEYS Status: Critically Imperiled

Map of select IRC data for the Florida Keys

Other data on Cuscuta boldinghii available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Cuscuta boldinghii has been reported from the following conservation area in the FLORIDA KEYS :
Occurrence Native Status
Key Tree Cactus Nature Preserve Present Native






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Cuscuta boldinghii
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer, Upper Matecumbe Key, Monroe County, FL, USA