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Field Dodder - Cuscuta pentagona
Other Names:  Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR
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General Description
Stems yellow. Inflorescence of compact, many-flowered glomerules. Flowers sessile or subsessile, 1–3 mm long, 5-merous; calyx not fleshy, yellowish, the lobes ovate; corolla tube as long as the calyx; appendages nearly reaching the top of the tube; stamens barely surpassed by the corolla lobes; stigmas globose. Capsule not circumscissile; styles in a terminal recession that is not thickened (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments
N. and S. America (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 3

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Habitat
On introduced clovers and other forbs in fields, gardens; plains, valleys (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).


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