PLANTS Profile for Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona (fiveangled dodder)

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PLANTS Profile

Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona
fiveangled dodder

Symbol:

CUPEP2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cuscutaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Vine
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
PR		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

Cuscuta campestris

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Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

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Synonyms:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

	CUAR2	Cuscuta arvensis Bey. ex Engelm.
	CUCA2	Cuscuta campestris Yunck.
	CUPEC2	Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. calycina Engelm.
	GRCA3	Grammica campestris (Yunck.) Hadac & Chrtek
	GRPE	Grammica pentagona (Engelm.) W.A. Weber

Distribution:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona


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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. var. pentagona

View 1 genera in Cuscutaceae, 50 species in Cuscuta, 3 varieties in Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.

Classification:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

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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
Variety	Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona – fiveangled dodder

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

The related entities italicized and indented below 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 protected plant list for that location.

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

Noxious Weed Information:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

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. var. pentagona

field dodder
fiveangled dodder
Cuscuta
dodder
Cuscuta campestris
field dodder
Cuscuta pentagona
field dodder
fiveangled dodder
lespedeza 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. var. pentagona

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. var. pentagona

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 527603.

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).

Related Web Sites:
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pentagona

Canada-Ontario Noxious Weeds

Colorado State University Cooperative Extension: abstract & image

UC Davis, IPM: abstract & images

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