Cuscuta pentagona

Golden Dodder
Cuscuta pentagona flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Cuscuta
Species: C. pentagona
Binomial name
Cuscuta pentagona

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.[1]

References

  1. Costea, M., Nesom, G.L. & Stefanovic, S. (2006) Taxonomy of the Cuscuta pentagona complex (Convolvulaceae) in North America. Sida 22(1): 151-175.
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