Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Dicotyledon Literature for Cuscuta sandwichiana
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999.
   Convolvulaceae -- The Dodder, Morning Glory Family Bibliography
      Cuscuta sandwichiana

Common name(s): dodder, kauna`oa, kauna`oa kahakai, kauna`oa lei, kauno`a, pololo
General Information
DistributionHawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Ni`ihau, Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i.

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HabitatCoastal areas
Elevation0-300 m
Habit
Stems slender, yellow to yellowish orange.
Flowers
Flowers 3-4(-5) mm long, in compact, short-pedicellate, cymose clusters, often glandular pubescent; calyx lobes triangular-ovate, nearly enclosing the corolla, apex acute to obtuse; corolla lobes ovate to triangular in older flowers, erect, apex acute or obtuse, the tip inflexed, the tube campanulate, nearly as long as lobes; staminal filaments shorter than lobes, scales below stamens absent or reduced and triangular or forked; anthers shorter than filaments; styles stout, about as long as the globose ovary; stigmas capitate.
Fruit
Capsules globose to depressed-globose, ca. 3-3.5 mm in diameter, the withered corolla surrounding the capsule.
Seeds
Seeds dark reddish brown, depressed globose, ca. 2 mm long.
Contributor
Nancy Khan