Cuscuta glabrior
Nomenclature
Cuscuta glabrior (Engelm.) Yuncker, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 140. 1932.
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. glabrior (Engelm.) Gandhi, Thomas, & Hatch, Sida 12: 372. 1987
Cuscuta verrucosa Engelm. var. glabrior Engelm., Amer. J. Sci. 43:341. 1842.
Cuscuta verrucosa Engelm., Amer. J. Sci. 43:341. 1842 (nom. invalid., non Sweet 1823).
Cuscuta arvensis var. verrucosa Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1:495. 1859.
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. verrucosa (Engelm.) Yuncker, Illinois Biol. Monogr. 6:142. 1921
Cuscuta arvensis Beyr. ex Engelm. var. pubescens Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1:495. 1859.
Cuscuta pentagona Engelm. var. pubescens (Engelm.) Yuncker, Illinois Biol. Monogr. 6:142. 1921.
Cuscuta glabrior var. pubescens (Engelm.) Yuncker, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18:141. 1932.
Description
Costea, M. 2007-onwards. Digital Atlas of Cuscuta. Wilfrid Laurier University Herbarium. Flower morphology; pollen; living plants.
Yuncker, T. G. 1932. The genus Cuscuta. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 18: 113–331.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
North America: U.S.A. (N.Mex., Okla., Tex., Utah) and Mexico.
Hosts: wide variety of herbaceous species, including Hosts: wide variety
of herbaceous species, including Amaranthus,
Polygonum, Asclepias, Dalea, Lespedeza, Medicago, Mimosa, Prosopis, Croton, Tragia, Gaura, Oenothera, Convolvulus, Evolvulus, Gilia, Dyschoriste, Justicia, Ruellia, Solanum, Verbena, Hedeoma, Plantago, Ambrosia, Amphiachyris, Coreopsis, Helenium, Liatris, Machaeranthera, Symphyotrichum, Thelesperma; elevation 10–700 m.