Dodder (Cuscuta) also known as: Angel's Hair, Devilguts, Devil's Hair, Devil's Ringlet, Goldthread, Hailplant, Hairweed, Hell Bind, Love Vine, Pull Down, Stranglevine, Strangleweed, Tangle Gut, Witches' Shoelaces, etc.  Division - Magnoliaphyta Class - Magnoliopsida Subclass - Asteridae Order - Solanales Family - Cuscutaceae Genus - Cuscuta Status - Annual There are about 150 different species of dodder, but I cannot differentiate between them. Dodder is a true flowering plant, but it is also a parasite, without chlorophyll, incapable of gaining food or water without a host plant. Many of the species are host-specific, but others will host on a number of plants.   Dodder is one of the USDA's top ten weeds, dangerous because it can only be killed by acid sprays or flames. They are in the same order as morning glories and bindweed, other horrible entangling weeds.  Taxonomic List List by Scientific Name List by Common Name |