flowers of a greater dodder, cuscuta europaea, a parasitic plant from europe

background bloom blooming botanical botany bush campestris close closeup cuscuta cuscutaceae dense dodder ecology environment europaea fireweed flower garden goldthread greater green habitat hailweed host illinois infested inflorescence invasive midwest natural outdoor outdoors parasite parasitic parasitizing park plant prairie quarantine species stick string summer survival tropical uncultivated united vegetation yellow