OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Solanales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta pentagona   FAMILY Convolvulaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona   FAMILY Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-01-004:

Cuscuta pentagona   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Five-angled Dodder


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Cuscuta pentagona   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona   FAMILY Cuscutaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 158-01-004:
Cuscuta pentagona   FAMILY Convolvulaceae

 

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2224

Herbaceous vine
Annual

Habitat: Roadsides, fields, open disturbed areas, on a wide variety of (mostly herbaceous) hosts, especially Fabaceae, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Stems twining, often yellowish-orange, leafless

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Whitish/ Creamy
5-merous
Calyx conspicuously 5-angled
5-lobed campanulate corolla
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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