University of New Mexico Herbarium (UNM:Vascular Plants)
UNM0036829
70ee889a-aa80-4499-83e9-f1758c5e04a4
125785
Cuscuta umbellata Kunth
Convolvulaceae
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Ben Legler
11146
2008-09-14
9/14/2008
United States, New Mexico, Colfax, Vermejo Park Ranch: flats on south side of mouth of Van Bremmer Canyon 1.4 air mi NW of U.S. Hwy 64.
36.58036 -104.805748 +-30m. WGS84
36.58036° N, 104.805748° W
Locality Type: A 07/06/2022
1971 meters
6468 ft
Corolla white, 5-lobed, lobes spreading to reflexed; stamens 5, anthers yellow-orange, slightly exserted; stems pale orange; parasitic on Portulaca oleracea; locally common. Photographed. Specimen GPS: 36.58036, -104.80571.
Flat, open woodland of Pinus edulis and Juniperus monosperma at base of sandstone hill on edge of prairie, with Bouteloua gracilis, Artemisia frigida, Dysphania graveolens, and Portulaca oleracea.