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Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
fiveangled dodder

       
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Photo of Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, KY. Usage Requirements.
 
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Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

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Distribution:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR), CAN (BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

View 1 genera in Cuscutaceae, 50 species in Cuscuta or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. glabrior (Engelm.) Gandhi, R.D. Thomas & S.L. Hatch. .
Cuscuta pentagona var. glabrior
bushclover dodder
Distribution of Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona. . Image Available.
Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona
fiveangled dodder
Distribution of Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pubescens (Engelm.) Yunck.. .
Cuscuta pentagona var. pubescens
bushclover dodder
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Solanales
Family Cuscutaceae – Dodder family
Genus Cuscuta L. – dodder
Species Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. – fiveangled dodder
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Hampshire:
five-angled dodder              Endangered
Ohio:
five-angled dodder              Endangered
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

The related entities italicized and indented above are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

United States:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed1
Alabama:
Cuscuta
dodder              Class A noxious weed1
Arizona:
Cuscuta
dodder              Prohibited noxious weed
dodder              Restricted noxious weed
Arkansas:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed
California:
Cuscuta
dodder              C list (noxious weeds)
dodder              Quarantine1
Florida:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed2
Massachusetts:
Cuscuta
dodder              Prohibited
Michigan:
Cuscuta
dodder              Noxious weed
Minnesota:
Cuscuta
dodder              Prohibited noxious weed1
North Carolina:
Cuscuta
dodder              Class A noxious weed1
Oregon:
Cuscuta
dodder              "B" designated weed
dodder              Quarantine
South Carolina:
Cuscuta
dodder              Plant pest1
South Dakota:
Cuscuta
dodder              Regulated non-native plant species
Vermont:
Cuscuta
dodder              Class A noxious weed1
 
1 other than native or widely distributed species
2 Only the native Florida species are excluded from this list. These include: C. americana, C. compacta, C. exaltata, C. gronovii, C. indecora, C. obtusiflora, C. pentagona, C. umbellata
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

field dodder
fiveangled dodder
lespedeza dodder
Cuscuta
dodder
Cuscuta campestris [=CUPEP2]
field dodder
Cuscuta pentagona var. glabrior
bushclover dodder
field dodder
Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona
field dodder
fiveangled dodder
Cuscuta pentagona var. pubescens
bushclover dodder
field dodder

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

US        Plant Protection and Quarantine. 2006. Federal noxious weed list (24 May 2006). USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Washington, DC. 2pp.
STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
N'EAST        Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal, & J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York. 397pp.
NE&GP        Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.
WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

Introduced Information:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30745.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

Canada-Ontario Noxious Weeds

Colorado State University Cooperative Extension: abstract & image

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

Worldwide-Digital Atlas of Cuscuta (Wilfrid Laurier University)

 
 
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