Strangle Weed is one of the old common names for Dodder (Cuscuta) and that describes its behavior perfectly. It is a parasite that kills whatever it takes over. It was interesting to find out that Cuscuta is a problem world wide.

For those who wondered why I stopped suddenly as we were leaving our TT climb adventure last month, below is what I saw. It was the first time I’d seen Cuscuta blooming so it was pretty exciting….to me anyway 🙂