[Dodders: The Genus Cuscuta in the Mountains and Deserts of the American Southwest]

Chaparral dodder observed at left in Mine Wash, southeast of the junction of Highways 78 and S3, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, CA.....March 24, 2005. The photo at right shows chaparral dodder at the northwest corner of Indian Head Ranch, north of Borrego Springs, CA.....March 29, 2010.