| Cuscuta pentagona | |
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| 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, 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 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
- ^ "Cuscuta pentagona". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Yatskievych, George (2006). Flora of Missouri, Volume 2. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 942.
- ^ Weakley, Alan (2015). "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States".