Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Cuscuta > Cuscuta pentagona

Cuscuta pentagona (lespedeza dodder; bush-clover dodder; fiveangled dodder; field dodder)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Cuscuta pentagona is a parasitic plant which is placed in the family Convolvulaceae, but was formerly classified in the family Cuscutaceae. It is a parasite of a wide range of herbaceous plants but is most important as a pest of lucerne and other legumes. It is native to North America, and unlike the closely related C. campestris has not become established on other continents.
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Infraspecies

Cuscuta pentagona var. calycina
Cuscuta pentagona var. glabrior (Bushclover dodder)
Cuscuta pentagona var. pubescens

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Annual/Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine

Protected Areas

Providers

Parasite of 
Glechoma hederacea (groundivy)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0