Convolvulaceae
Fiveangled dodder
Cuscuta pentagona
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Genus
- Cuscuta
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Common names
By language (6)
- Arabic
- حامول مخمس
- arz
- حامول مخمس
- English
- Fiveangled dodder
- French
- Cuscute pentagonale
- Japanese
- アメリカネナシカズラ
- Korean
- 미국실새삼
Synonyms
- Cuscuta arvensis var. microcalyx Engelm.
- Cuscuta arvensis var. pentagona (Engelm.) Engelm.
- Cuscuta pentagona var. microcalyx Engelm.
- Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona
- Cuscuta pentagona var. typica (Engelm.) Yunck.
- Grammica pentagona (Engelm.) W.A.Weber
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.