Cuscuta californica var. breviflora Calflora

Taxon Report

Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn. var. breviflora Engelm.

(not an active name)

California dodder, Chaparral dodder, San joaquin dodder

2006 Matt Below

Cuscuta californica var. breviflora is an annual herb or vine (parasitic) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Cuscuta occidentalis


	Plant Range Observation Search ~259 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Parent:	Cuscuta californica
Genus:	Cuscuta
Family:	Convolvulaceae (Cuscutaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Subalpine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Cuscuta occidentalis
PLANTS	Grammica occidentalis
JEF	Cuscuta occidentalis

Information about Cuscuta californica var. breviflora from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (CUCAB) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/28/2024).