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Cuscuta campestris
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species of the plant morning glory
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSolanales
- FamilyConvolvulaceae
Native toAlabama, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Belize, British Columbia, California, Colombia, Colorado, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia
Observations recorded22,679
平原菟絲子（学名：Cuscuta campestris）为旋花科菟絲子屬下的一种寄生植物。俗名田野菟丝子、金色菟丝子、草原菟丝子等。原产于北美中部地区，能寄生多种植物，包括苜蓿和其他豆科植物，已成为许多国家广泛分布的有害杂草。 值得注意的是，该植物的大量种子被发现以水禽携带方式传播。
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,469
- With media
- 2,888
- Family
- Convolvulaceae
- Collections
- CIBNOR, INECOL, FA-UAS, CHSC, CAS, RSA
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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Encyclopedic overview
Cuscuta campestris, with the common names field dodder, golden dodder, large-seeded alfalfa dodder, yellow dodder and prairie dodder, is a parasitic plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae. It was formerly classified in the family Cuscutaceae.
It is native to central North America. It is a parasite of a wide range of herbaceous plants.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cuscuta campestris” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.