Family | Convolvulaceae |
Tribe | Cuscuteae |
Scientific name | Cuscuta campestris Yuncker |
Synonyms | Cuscuta arvensis Beyrich ex Engelmann; Cuscuta arvensis Beyrich ex Engelmann var. calycina (Engelmann) Engelmann; Cuscuta arvensis Beyrich ex Engelmann var. pentagona (Engelmann) Engelmann; Cuscuta basabarica Buia; Cuscuta gymnocarpa Engelmann subsp. deflexa Buia; Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann; Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann var. calycina Engelmann; Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann var. microcalyx Engelmann; Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann var. pubescens (Engelmann) Yuncker; Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann var. subulata Yuncker; Cuscuta pentagona Engelmann var. typica Yuncker; Epithymum arvense (Beyrich ex Engelmann) Nieuwland & Lunell; Grammica campestris (Yuncker) Hadač & Chrtek; Grammica pentagona (Engelmann) W. A. Weber |
Common name | (Japanese common name) amerika nenashi-kazura (アメリカネナシカズラ, 亜米利加根無葛 [meaning: American rootless vine]) |
(English common name) bush-clover dodder, field dodder, fiveangle dodder | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) [native] Canada, USA, Mexico | |
Habitat | Field, riverside |
Chromosomal number | 2n=56 |
Description | Flowers white corollas ca. 3mm across, flowering in July to October. Vine. Annual plants. |
Reference | Cuscuta campestris Yuncker |
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. | |
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. | |
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. | |
4-Tert-butyl-N-sec-butyl-2,6-dinitroaniline (US Patent 3991116/1976) | |
Biological control of dodder (US Patent 4915726/1990) | |
Apparatus and method for determining a distance to an object in a field for the controlled release of chemicals on plants, weeds, trees or soil and/or guidance of farm vehicles (US Patent 5585626/1996) | |
Apparatus and method for spraying herbicide on weeds in a cotton field (US Patent 5793035/1998) | |
Bulk decontamination and degermination of materials in a sub-atmospheric saturated steam environment (US Patent 6800246/2004) | |
Traditional chinese pharmaceutical formulation for treatment of paradentosis, process for preparation and use thereof (US Patent 7179492/2007) | |
Note | Naturalized plants (first reported in 1975) |
July 2008 at riverside |
July 2008 at riverside |
October 2007 at open field |
October 2007 at open field |
October 2007 at open field |
July 2008 at riverside |