Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn. var. californica

Washington: Columbia County: Blue Mountains, Paige Ridge, off side road of FS 160, 0.6 miles W of junction with FS Road 46, 0.8 miles SW of Edmiston Spring, ca 13.5 air miles SE of Dayton. Elev. 1615 m.
46.15303° N, 117.77767° W; T8N R40E S23 NW4 SW4 SW4
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Ridgeline meadow of Eriogonum heracleoides, E. umbellatum, Elymus spicatus, Lupinus, Bromus tectorum, on rocky volcanic clay soil. Rock cover 20%, veg cover 70%, bare soil 30%. Orange stems, twining over Paeonia brownii and Eriogonum umbellatum var. ellipticum. Flowers white, fleshy, torpedo-shaped. Petal lobes acute, no staminal scales.

Walter Fertig 33075, Jul 15, 2018
WTU, Accession: 423221, Barcode: WTU-V-040550