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|accepted_name=Cuscuta rostrata
|accepted_authority=Shuttleworth ex Engelmann & A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|place=5: 225. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|common_names=Beaked dodder
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=W
|label=Weedy
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Convolvulaceae;Cuscuta;Cuscuta subg. Grammica;Cuscuta rostrata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Convolvulaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Cuscuta]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Cuscuta subg. Grammica]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Cuscuta rostrata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>orange, coarse. <b>Inflores</b>cences dense, paniculiform to glomerulate; bracts at base of clusters 1 or 2, at base of pedicels 0 or 1, ovate, membranous, margins entire, apex acute. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.9–2 mm. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous, 4–6(–7) mm, membranous, not papillate; calyx yellow-brown, cupulate, 1/3–1/2 corolla tube length, divided 3/5–2/3 its length, not reticulate or shiny, lobes triangular-ovate to broadly ovate, bases overlapping, margins entire, midvein not carinate, apex obtuse; corolla white, drying creamy yellow to brownish, 3.8–5.8 mm, tube campanulate, 3–5 mm, not saccate, lobes suberect to spreading or reflexed, ovate, 1/4–1/3 corolla tube length, margins entire, apex rounded, straight; infrastaminal scales oblong to obovate, 1.5–2.8 mm, 1/2–2/3 corolla tube length, bridged at 0.5–0.7 mm, rounded, sparsely fimbriate at base, more dense in distal 1/2, fimbriae 0.3–0.9 mm; stamens exserted, shorter than to equaling corolla lobes; filaments 0.5–0.7 mm; anthers 0.6–0.8 × 0.4–0.5 mm; styles filiform, 1–1.5 mm, equaling ovary. <b>Capsules</b> broadly ovoid, 4–7 × 4–5.5 mm, with stout beak 1–1.5 mm, raised and thickened around relatively small interstylar aperture, not translucent, surrounded by withered corolla, indehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> 2–4, obcompressed to obscurely angled, ovoid to oblong, 1.7–2.5 × 1.3–1.6 mm, hilum region subterminal.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=forests, especially along streams.
|elevation=800–2000 m.
|distribution=Ga.;Ky.;Md.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Cuscuta rostrata is distinguished by its relatively large flowers, beaked capsules, and Appalachian range.</p>
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name=Cuscuta rostrata
|authority=Shuttleworth ex Engelmann & A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Convolvulaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=forests, especially along streams.
|elevation=800–2000 m.
|distribution=Ga.;Ky.;Md.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|publication year=1845
|special status=Weedy;Endemic
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|genus=Cuscuta
|subgenus=Cuscuta subg. Grammica
|species=Cuscuta rostrata
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