<![CDATA[As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum).]]>As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). It has no green chlorophyll, only these threadlike red stems, leaves reduced to small scales and small pink flowers in late summer. Quite a sight when first encountered.

Not exactly

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/c30bd5a1-a46c-4a34-a467-34ed92971937/as-there-s-lots-of-gorse-in-devon-there-s-also-a-fair-amount-of-this-parasitic-climber-common-dodder-cuscuta-epithymum-.RSS for NodeMon, 29 Jun 2026 14:32:50 GMTSat, 06 Jun 2026 15:36:11 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:10:26 GMT]]>@NellytheWillow It's called 'duivelsnaaigaren' (devils' sewing thread) in Dutch 😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/meyltje/statuses/116704505118942981https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/meyltje/statuses/116704505118942981Sat, 06 Jun 2026 18:10:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:29:27 GMT]]>@Canuckistanian Yes, but frequent to locally common in southern England, as it is on Dartmoor, rare elsewhere and absent in Scotland.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NellytheWillow/statuses/116704343971803970https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NellytheWillow/statuses/116704343971803970Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:29:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:16:10 GMT]]>@NellytheWillow is it native?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115940734388042092/statuses/116704291780555001https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115940734388042092/statuses/116704291780555001Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:16:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:48:24 GMT]]>@snaprails Travels well!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NellytheWillow/statuses/116704182540370772https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NellytheWillow/statuses/116704182540370772Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:48:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:29:19 GMT]]>@NellytheWillow
Must have been left behind after the Martian invasion in the early 20th century. It's spread a long way from Horsell Common 🙂

@LillyHerself

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/snaprails/statuses/116704107557140005https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/snaprails/statuses/116704107557140005Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:29:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:08:17 GMT]]>@LillyHerself It does! I'd recommend watching the video reply to this post. So creepy!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NellytheWillow/statuses/116704024841416347https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NellytheWillow/statuses/116704024841416347Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:08:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:06:55 GMT]]>@afewbugs Wow! Thanks! I did watch The Private Life of Plants but I don't remember this bit. It's a different species of Dodder that's parasitic on nettles but this really brings out how creepy and alien a plant it is.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NellytheWillow/statuses/116704019467461052https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/NellytheWillow/statuses/116704019467461052Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:06:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:00:04 GMT]]>@NellytheWillow looks alien!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LillyHerself/statuses/116703992533343332https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/LillyHerself/statuses/116703992533343332Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:00:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum). on Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:59:15 GMT]]>@NellytheWillow the music from the Private Life of Plants was so good I still hear this in my head every time I see dodder https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03nnlts

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116703989308155776https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.coop/users/afewbugs/statuses/116703989308155776Sat, 06 Jun 2026 15:59:15 GMT