Index / Search / Cuscuta pentagona
§1 Plant
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
vernacular fiveangled dodder — species · Cuscutaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cuscutaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Cuscuta
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- NAV Navassa Island Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 4 counties across 2 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 4 counties across 2 states/territories.
Montana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CUPE3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927490 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25
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