#dodder — Public Fediverse posts

Kaunaʻoa == flower of Lānaʻi, the native dodder, a parasitic vine of the morning glory family
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #flower #morningGlory #dodder #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-august-26th-2025

Close-up of a dodder tendril as it circumnutates around a victim. The inner surface of the coils will eventually produce haustoria, modified roots that connect with the host's phloem. Then the sucking begins. #dodder #cuscuta

Nice patch of dodder (Cuscuta sp.) at the restored meadow in the Crum Woods (Swarthmore College). No flowers yet so species ID is hopeless. #swarthmore #dodder #parasite #parasitic #botany #plants #cuscuta #nature #vines #convolvulaceae #ricohgriiix

Dodder bursting out of a host stem to flower. They don't usually reside inside other plants so this was worth a pic. Normally they just wrap around another plant and send in root-like haustoria to suck the juices out, like the situation you can see on the left. #cuscuta #dodder #convolvulaceae #parasitic #parasite #plants #botany #biology

Stained cross-section showing dodder (Cuscuta) haustoria penetrating the stem of Chenopodium album. My favorite parasitic plant. #dodder #Cuscuta #botany #parasite #plants #biology #nature #Convolvulaceae

A female mallard in Dublin's river Dodder

https://ebird.org/species/mallar3

#mallard #germanoreale #bird #photography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #city #river #dodder #riverdodder #dublin #ireland #sony #sonyalpha

This morning’s #BirdsOfMastodon included three picturesque #Herons and some scenic #Cormorants (I think, tho I couldn’t check their heads to ascertain if in fact #Shags)… #GrandCanal #GrandCanalDock #Dodder