Cuscuta cuspidata

ClassificationDicots
FamilyConvolvulaceae
Family (Traditional)Convolvulaceae
GenusCuscuta
Species:Cuscuta cuspidata Engelm.
Common NameCusp Dodder
Growth Habitvine - forb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: PK; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: scale-like; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value 6
StatusNative; KY[SNR] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Grammica cuspidata Grammica cuspidata (Engelm. & Gray) Hadac & Chrtek

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Ballard (KY), Bell (KY), Boone (KY), Carter (KY), Gallatin (KY), Hart (KY), Henderson (KY), Henry (KY), Hickman (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lewis (KY), Lyon (KY), McCreary (KY), Marion (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pike (KY), Powell (KY), Spencer (KY), Trigg (KY), Wayne (KY), Whitley (KY), Cumberland (TN), Giles (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), Montgomery (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Tipton (TN), Warren (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, KNK, MEM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1968 - 2014

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
APSC0018455 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087283 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018457 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0101849 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
MEM012463 Tipton Tennessee 28 Jul 1968 Sarah J. Warrington
242
MEM
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018449 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0051127 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087365 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018542 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087864 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087363 Hart Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087874 Bell Kentucky 20 Sep 1978 Rich Hannan
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087875 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087361 Pike Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087771 Gallatin Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0076578 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0079017 Henry Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018544 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018452 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0071771 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018456 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087873 Laurel Kentucky 11 Sep 1978 Rich Hannan
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087876 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018448 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087772 Bell Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0068290 Henderson Kentucky 19 Sep 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087635 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0073401 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018450 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087877 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087883 Whitley Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018454 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
31234100390564 Marion Kentucky 22 Aug 1999 Timothy J. Weckman
5415
EKY
Cuscuta cuspidata
31973000005742 Lewis Kentucky 24 Sep 1983 Buddell, George
3264
KNK
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0069168 Wayne Kentucky 02 Oct 1989 Max Medley
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018461 Montgomery Tennessee 29 Sep 1985 Edward Chester
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0072890 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0102703 Carter Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087362 Boone Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087364 Jefferson Kentucky 03 Sep 1971 Harry Woodward
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
MEM017631 Ballard Kentucky 18 Sep 1980 Raymond Athey
4571
MEM
Cuscuta cuspidata
31234100390556 Powell Kentucky 11 Aug 2000 Timothy J. Weckman
6046
EKY
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087282 McCreary Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0055336 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018451 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0055335 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0087863 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
MEM018325 Shelby Tennessee 30 Sep 1978 Michele Connelly
97
MEM
Cuscuta cuspidata
MEM006286 Shelby Tennessee 06 Sep 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
501
MEM
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0048318 Montgomery Tennessee 13 Sep 2014 Mason Brock
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0054869 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
APSC0018555 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta cuspidata
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