Cuscuta australis (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology

Cuscuta australis

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Dodder Cuscuta australis on a soybean host plant: The parasite is flowering and has already produced seed capsules. It uses its host's flowering signal for flower formation.

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Jingxiong Zhang, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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