Index / Search / Cuscuta polygonorum
§1 Plant
Cuscuta polygonorum Engelm.
vernacular smartweed 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
County-level range
· 221 counties across 25 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 221 counties across 25 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Calhoun 17013
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Cumberland 17035
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Jackson 17077
- Kane 17089
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- McDonough 17109
- Peoria 17143
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Geary 20061
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Miami 20121
- Neosho 20133
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- DeKalb 29063
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- New Madrid 29143
- Newton 29145
- Pike 29163
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Worth 29227
Nebraska view state ↗ 9 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/CUPO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2927541 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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