 B.C.Tharp&Fred A.Barkley, 13A127 |
Species
Cuscuta indecora Choisy var. warneri (Yuncker) T. Beliz.Original Distribution
US, Arizona and Utah (Millard County)
Habitat
On herbs, often in moist fields, roadsides, Elevation probably < 1500 m.
Extinction Data
IUCN = N/a
Description
Inflorescence spike- or panicle-like; pedicels 0–4.4 mm Flower 3–5 mm; calyx 1–2 mm, lobes 5, not overlapped, ± 1/2 corolla tube, acute; corolla generally persistent, 3–4.5 mm, shallowly bell-shaped, tube generally shorter than wide, lobes 5, < tube, triangular, erect, tips incurved, appendages 1.5–2.5 mm, divisions many, finger-like; ovary 2–3 mm, ovoid-spheric, top with thickening, styles 3–4 mm. Fruit sometimes gland-dot-lined; top as ovary
Number of Specimens at Kew
40
Seed Data
Seeds come in form of capsule (circumscissile or irregularly dehiscent) or berry-like
Specimen Type (Y/N)
N
Kew Herbcat Barcode Number
K000518044
Collector
B.C. Tharp & Fred A. Barkley
Collector Number
13A127
Date Collected
26th November 1943
Information Sources
Ayensu, E.S. and DeFilipps, R. A. (1978). Endangered and threatened plants of the united states. Smithsonian institution and World Wildlife fund. pp 66Walter, K.S. and Gillett, H.J. (eds) (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre IUCN – The World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK