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
· 309 counties across 35 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 309 counties across 35 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
California view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 7 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 ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 84 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Bailey 48017
- Bandera 48019
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Bowie 48037
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Burnet 48053
- Calhoun 48057
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Carson 48065
- Chambers 48071
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Crockett 48105
- Culberson 48109
- Dallas 48113
- Deaf Smith 48117
- DeWitt 48123
- Duval 48131
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Fannin 48147
- Galveston 48167
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Harris 48201
- Hartley 48205
- Hays 48209
- Henderson 48213
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hill 48217
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Karnes 48255
- Kendall 48259
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kinney 48271
- Liberty 48291
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Marion 48315
- Matagorda 48321
- McLennan 48309
- Menard 48327
- Mills 48333
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Parker 48367
- Pecos 48371
- Presidio 48377
- Reagan 48383
- Refugio 48391
- Robertson 48395
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Terry 48445
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Trinity 48455
- Upton 48461
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Victoria 48469
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Williamson 48491
- Zavala 48507
Utah view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 4 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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