Cuscuta pentagona Calflora

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Taxon Report

Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

Five angled dodder, Fiveangled dodder, Western field dodder

2016 Keir Morse

Cuscuta pentagona is an annual herb or vine (parasitic) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


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Genus:	Cuscuta
Family:	Convolvulaceae (Cuscutaceae)
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Information about Cuscuta pentagona from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (CUPE3) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).