Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Convolvulaceae

Cuscuta - [maps | photos]

• Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy
  Common Name: compact dodder

• Cuscuta coryli Engelm.

• Cuscuta cuspidata Engelm.
  Common Name: cusp dodder

• Cuscuta glomerata Choisy
  Common Name: rope dodder

• Cuscuta gronovii Willd. ex Schult.
  Common Name: scaldweed

• Cuscuta indecora Choisy
  Common Name: bigseed alfalfa dodder

• Cuscuta pentagona Engelm.
  Common Name: fiveangled dodder
  Synonyms:
  

         • Cuscuta campestris Yuncker

• Cuscuta rostrata Shuttlew. ex Engelm. & A. Gray
  Common Name: beaked dodder

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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