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Cuscuta pentagona

Golden dodder
Cuscuta pentagona flowers 2003-11-08.jpg
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.



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