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Dodder plants can’t
make their own food.
That’s why they grow
on and attack host
plants. “It’s probably
one of the creepiest
plants I know,” says
plant scientist Colin
Purrington. “It’s a
horrible existence for
the host plant.”
A dodder’s flower
Dodders can come in a rainbow of bright colors—except green.
Dodder plants don’t have chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is the green
substance that helps plants make energy using light from the sun.
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