Cuscuta campestris Yunck.
Annotated by Peter F. Zika, Oct 2016.

Washington: King County: At the confluence on Evans Creek and Bear Creek, Redmond. Elev. 16 m.
47.678908° N, 122.092931° W
Datum: WGS 84. Uncertainty: 5 meters. Coordinate Source: GPS.
Old field recently restored to a wetland, with slightly brushy and grassy rise between creeks, one creek blocked by a beaver dam, edges dominated by Salix, Phalaris arundinacea, Lotus uliginosus. Petals off-white, acute, longer than sepals, spreading out at tips; sepals rounded, slightly overlapping; base of flower round (not 5-angled); styles 2, stigmas capitate; fruits globose, ca 3 mm wide; stems orange; plants locally abundant, forming tangles over herbaceous vegetation, a parasite on Lotus uliginosus. Photographed. Phenology: Flowers.

Ben Legler 14407, Sep 24, 2016
ID, Accession: 180347, Barcode: ID185494