Index / Search / Cuscuta indecora
§1 Plant
Cuscuta indecora Choisy
vernacular bigseed alfalfa dodder — species · Cuscutaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Cuscutaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Cuscuta
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
County-level range
· 164 counties across 27 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 164 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Iberia 22045
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafourche 22057
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CUIN ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927498 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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