As there's lots of gorse in Devon, there's also a fair amount of this parasitic climber Common Dodder (Cuscuta epithymum).
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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 #BloomScrolling #ParasiticPlants #Devon #Gorse
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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 #BloomScrolling #ParasiticPlants #Devon #Gorse
@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
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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 #BloomScrolling #ParasiticPlants #Devon #Gorse
@NellytheWillow looks alien!
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@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
@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.
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@NellytheWillow looks alien!
@LillyHerself It does! I'd recommend watching the video reply to this post. So creepy!
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@LillyHerself It does! I'd recommend watching the video reply to this post. So creepy!
@NellytheWillow
Must have been left behind after the Martian invasion in the early 20th century. It's spread a long way from Horsell Common
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@NellytheWillow
Must have been left behind after the Martian invasion in the early 20th century. It's spread a long way from Horsell Common
#WarOfTheWorlds@snaprails Travels well!
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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 #BloomScrolling #ParasiticPlants #Devon #Gorse
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@NellytheWillow is it native?
@Canuckistanian Yes, but frequent to locally common in southern England, as it is on Dartmoor, rare elsewhere and absent in Scotland.
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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 #BloomScrolling #ParasiticPlants #Devon #Gorse
@NellytheWillow It's called 'duivelsnaaigaren' (devils' sewing thread) in Dutch
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