Cuscuta polygonorum Engelmann. Common name: Smartweed Dodder. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: On Persicaria and other hosts. Distribution: NY and ON west to ND, south to FL and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, F, FNA14, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, S, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, Costea, Nesom, & Stefanović (2006a), Gandhi, Thomas, & Hatch (1987), Musselman (1986), Spaulding (2013a), Yuncker (1965). Basionym: Cuscuta polygonorum Engelm. 1842
Links to other floras: = Cuscuta polygonorum - FNA14
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Heliophily ⓘ: 7
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