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|accepted_name=Cuscuta jepsonii
|accepted_authority=Yuncker
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Illinois Biol. Monogr.
|place=6: 149, plate 9, fig. 52. 1921
|year=1921
}}
|common_names=Jepson’s dodder
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
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|hierarchy=Convolvulaceae;Cuscuta;Cuscuta subg. Grammica;Cuscuta jepsonii
|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 jepsonii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>pale yellow, slender. <b>In</b>florescences moderately dense, corymbiform or glomerulate; bracts at base of clusters 1, at base of pedicels 0 or 1, ovate to lanceolate, membranous, margins entire, apex acute. <b>Pedicels</b> 0.5–1.5 mm, papillate. <b>Flowers</b> 5-merous, 2–3 mm, fleshy, perianth cells convex, domelike, perianth papillate; calyx yellow-brownish, shallowly cupulate, 1/2 corolla tube length, divided 1/2 its length, not reticulate or shiny, lobes triangular, bases not overlapping, margins entire, midvein not carinate, apex acute; corolla white, drying brownish, 1.8–2.8 mm, tube campanulate-globulose, 1.3–2 mm, later urceolate, not saccate, lobes erect, ovate-triangular, 1/3–1/2 corolla tube length, margins entire, apex acute, inflexed; infrastaminal scales absent; stamens included, shorter than corolla lobes; filaments 0.2–0.3 mm; anthers 0.2–0.3 × 0.2–0.3 mm; styles subulate, 0.4–0.8 mm, much shorter than ovary. <b>Capsules</b> subglobose or globose to slightly depressed-globose, 2–3 × 2–3.5 mm, thickened and raised around relatively large interstylar aperture, translucent, surrounded by withered corolla, indehiscent. <b>Seeds</b> 2–4, broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, obcompressed, 0.9–1.1 × 0.8–1 mm, hilum subterminal.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=mixed forests of Pinus jeffreyi, P. ponderosa, and Pseudotsuga menziesii.
|elevation=1100–1600 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Cuscuta jepsonii belongs to sect. Californicae Yunker (M. Costea and S. Stefanović 2009) and was presumed extinct until collected again from Yosemite National Park (Mariposa County) in 2009.</p>
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name=Cuscuta jepsonii
|authority=Yuncker
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Convolvulaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jul–Sep.
|habitat=mixed forests of Pinus jeffreyi, P. ponderosa, and Pseudotsuga menziesii.
|elevation=1100–1600 m.
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Illinois Biol. Monogr.
|publication year=1921
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Cuscuta
|subgenus=Cuscuta subg. Grammica
|species=Cuscuta jepsonii
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