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buttonbush dodder

field dodder

Cuscuta cephalanthi

Cuscuta campestris

Flowering time June-September June-September
Habitat Tideflat and floodplains. Shores, floodplains, roadsides, ditches, fields, and other disturbed areas.
Distribution
Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east across most of North America to the Atlantic Coast.
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to Utah and Texas; also in eastern North America.
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Origin Native Native
Conservation status Not of concern Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. approximata, C. californica, C. campestris, C. denticulata, C. epithymum, C. indecora, C. occidentalis, C. pacifica, C. pentagona, C. suksdorfii
C. approximata, C. californica, C. cephalanthi, C. denticulata, C. epithymum, C. indecora, C. occidentalis, C. pacifica, C. pentagona, C. suksdorfii
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