Cuscuta pentagona

Cuscuta pentagona, the fiveangled dodder, is a parasitic plant in the morning glory family Convolvulaceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in the United States and Canada.[1] Unlike the closely related C. campestris, it has not become established on other continents.[2]

Cuscuta pentagona
Cuscuta pentagona flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Cuscuta
Species:
C. pentagona
Binomial name
Cuscuta pentagona
Engelm.

Cuscuta pentagona is a slender annual vine. It is parasitic on a wide range of herbaceous plants, but with particular emphasis on members of the aster family (Asteraceae).[3]

Its typical natural habitat is in moist, open areas such as riverbanks, wet prairies, and pond edges.[3] It is tolerant of disturbance, as can be found as a weed in fields and along roadsides.[3][4]

References

  1. "Cuscuta pentagona". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. Costea, M.; Nesom, G.L.; Stefanović, S. (2006). "Taxonomy of the Cuscuta pentagona complex (Convolvulaceae) in North America". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 22 (1): 151–175. JSTOR 41968566.
  3. Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 942.
  4. Weakley, Alan (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".


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