Cuscuta campestris (weed)
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Cuscuta campestris flowers (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Kristian Peters
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Author(s): Kristian Peters
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Cuscuta campestris (weed) Yunck. - (field dodder)
This parasitic weed is believed to be native to the Americas and is now widespread in Europe, Asia and Australia. It affects a large variety of plants, including crops like vegetables or forage crops. Parasitised plants have a reduced growth and flowering is often suppressed. The yield of crops is significantly reduced. For example, studies on sugarbeet estimated a yield loss of ~45% (Üstüner, 2018).
The stems have an orange colour and are smooth. The small flowers are whitish. The tiny seeds (~ 1½ mm wide) are dispersed through wind, water, animals or human activities.
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| • Deutsch: | Nordamerikanische Seide |
| • English: | field dodder |
| • Français: | cuscute champêtre |
- Other images of Cuscuta pentagona (weed) (Wikimedia Commons and IPM Images - click to enlarge)
parasitizing Asystasia gangetica.
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