Dodder is an obligate parasite of certain plants. This unusual member of the morning glory family is also known as “Angel’s Hair” and “Strangle Weed.” Like Indian pipe, another parasitic plant, Dodder ...

Call it strangleweed, wizard's net, devil's guts, hellbine or witch's hair…or, if you prefer, lady’s laces, angel hair, goldthread or love vine. It’s all the same to Cuscuta gronovii, a plant more ...

Around 4,000 to 5,000 plants are parasites. Most parasitic plants use an organ, named haustorium, to attach to and penetrate host plants to obtain water and nutrients. Some parasitic plants, such as ...

WASHINGTON — The parasitic dodder plant, or strangleweed, doesn't have a nose, but it knows how to sniff out its prey. The dodder attacks such plants as tomatoes, carrots, onions, citrus trees, ...

The dodder vines can often connect different host plants together forming a network. If any plant in the network is attacked by herbivores, expressions of defense genes in the unattacked neighboring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Call it strangleweed, wizard's net, devil's guts, hellbine or witch's hair…or, if you prefer, lady’s laces, angel hair, goldthread ...