Scientific Name: Cuscuta rostrata Shuttlw. ex Engelm. & A.Gray

Caption: Beaked Dodder

Photographer: Annkatrin Rose

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/blueridgekitties/5979805299/

Locality: Grandfather, North Carolina, United States (36.091475, -81.814686)

Notes: After reading up on dodders, I had to go back and check whether I had the ID correct. And indeed this is Cuscuta rostrata, the Beaked Dodder. It is named for the characteristic "beak" on its fruits, which you can see emerging here from fertilized flowers. Witho

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