Taxon: Cuscuta indecora Choisy
Family: Cuscutaceae

Collector: Dawn Goldman   DG-416   

Date: 18 April 2005

Locality: USA, Arizona, Maricopa County, Tonto National Forest just to the north of FSR 1530 and down the road from the gate.

33.984167  -111.730972

Verbatim Coordinates: 33d 59m 3s N; 111d 43m 51.5s W

Elevation: 686 meters (2250ft)

Habitat: Calcareous soils.

Associated Species: Larrea tridentata, Erodium cicutarium, Lotus strigosus var. tomentellus, Astragalus nuttallianus, Simmondsia chinensis, Calliandra eriophylla, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Plantago ovata, Castilleja exserta var. exserta, Opuntia engelmannii, Eriogonum inflatum, Delphinium parishii, Herperostipa neomexica, Elymus elymoides, Bromus rubens, Janusia gracilis, Calochortus kennedyi, Cuscuta indecora, Adneophyllum porophylloides, Trisetum interruptum, Caulanthus lasiophyllus, Bouteloua trifida, Tridens muticus, Plagiobothrys arizonicus, Parietaria herpera, Galium proliferum, Silene antirhinna, Lotus humistratus, Phacelia crenulata, Matelea pravifolia

Description: Parasite growing on Calliandra eriophylla.

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For additional information on this specimen, please contact: Wendy C. Hodgson (whodgson@dbg.org)

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