Cuscuta compacta Juss.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Cuscutaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cuscuta compacta Juss.

  • Description

    Species Description - Fls 5-merous, 4–5 mm, sessile in small dense clusters; bracts 3–5, closely appressed, broadly rounded and commonly wider than long, the inner progressively longer; cor-lobes ovate, obtuse; styles 0.7–2 mm; stigma capitate; fr ovoid to globose, 3–5 mm thick, not beaked, indehiscent, 1–2- seeded, the withered cor calyptrate at the top. Mass. to Pa., Ill., and Neb., s. to Fla. and Tex. (C. paradoxa)