Field Dodder

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Parasitizing red clover.  The plant has a yellowish coloration and a spaghetti-string appearance.

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Flower.  Parasitizing field bindweed.

  

Seed.  Seed are yellow-orange with a rough texture, irregularly-shaped and 1.0 to 1.5 mm in length.

Life cycle: summer annual.