Cuscuta campestris

ClassificationDicots
FamilyConvolvulaceae
Family (Traditional)Convolvulaceae
GenusCuscuta
Species:Cuscuta campestris Yuncker
Common NameField Dodder; Golden Dodder; Large Seed Alfalfa Dodder; Prairie Dodder
Growth Habitvine - forb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: LC; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: vine - forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Type: scale-like; Leaflet Margins: entire; 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; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value 3
StatusNative
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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
Cuscuta pentagona var. calycina Cuscuta pentagona var. calycina Engelm.
Grammica campestris Grammica campestris (Yunck.) 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: Bath (KY), Bell (KY), Christian (KY), Fayette (KY), Franklin (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Mercer (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Anderson (TN), Benton (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Crockett (TN), Cumberland (TN), Davidson (TN), DeKalb (TN), Fayette (TN), Fentress (TN), Grainger (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Haywood (TN), Henderson (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Johnson (TN), Knox (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Loudon (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Maury (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Tipton (TN), Unicoi (TN), Union (TN), Warren (TN), Washington (TN), Williamson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, BOON, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, MEM, TENN, UCHT, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1955 - 2018

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100390549 Franklin Kentucky 09 Aug 1956 Mary E. Wharton
10499
EKY
Cuscuta campestris
N/A Unicoi Tennessee 20 Sep 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178858 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178829 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178810 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178860 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178853 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178844 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178852 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178808 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178830 Henderson Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178854 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178841 McMinn Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178828 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178842 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
31234100390531 Mercer Kentucky 27 Jun 1955 Mary E. Wharton
9256
EKY
Cuscuta campestris
ETSU006005 Johnson Tennessee 30 Jul 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178979 Bath Kentucky
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178848 Polk Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178834 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178811 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178803 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178819 Davidson Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178859 Washington Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178802 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178812 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178840 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178847 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178817 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178856 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
BEREA012215 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178816 Crockett Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178823 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178836 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178851 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178846 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178824 Grainger Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178849 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024053 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018467 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018558 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018550 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
N/A Knox Tennessee July 1893 A. Ruth
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT034082 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
N/A Knox Tennessee Aug 1893 A. Ruth
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
BEREA012216 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178822 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178818 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178815 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178838 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178825 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178831 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178857 Union Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024060 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018549 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
HTTU006847 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT036573 Fentress Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024054 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024059 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018557 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018563 Christian Kentucky 07 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018548 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018554 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018546 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
BEREA012214 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Cuscuta campestris
ETSU006072 Carter Tennessee 24 Sep 2015 Frosty Levy
ETSU
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178837 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178861 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178980 Fayette Kentucky
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178850 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178809 Claiborne Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
015043 Tennessee
BOON
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018540 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT036572 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
BRIT112325 Tennessee
VDB
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178821 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178820 DeKalb Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178832 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178845 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024063 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024057 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024056 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018560 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018551 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018561 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018559 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018541 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0067982 Clay Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018466 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018552 Todd Kentucky 31 Jul 1969 Lloyd Settle
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0113242 Warren Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
ETSU032384 Monroe Tennessee James T Donaldson
ETSU
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178826 Grundy Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178833 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178843 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178835 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178839 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024064 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024058 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018553 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018562 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018556 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018547 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT036574 Cheatham Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
ETSU015542 Unicoi Tennessee
15617
ETSU
Cuscuta campestris
ETSU015543 Unicoi Tennessee
ETSU
Cuscuta campestris
MEM010884 Tipton Tennessee 12 Jul 1968 Sarah J. Warrington
199
MEM
Cuscuta campestris
MEM009459 Shelby Tennessee 19 Aug 1971 John E. Thompson Jr.
408
MEM
Cuscuta campestris
MEM016632 Fayette Tennessee 12 Jun 1981 Vernon Bates
2437
MEM
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178807 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178827 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178855 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178813 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178814 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0178804 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024055 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024061 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
UCHT024062 DeKalb Tennessee
UCHT
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018543 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
APSC0018545 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0244382 Cheatham Tennessee
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
TENN-V-0244380 Knox Tennessee 02 Oct 2018 Jessica M. Budke
297
TENN
Cuscuta campestris
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