Cuscuta glomerataChoisy

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WFO wfo-0001297217 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cuscuta glomerata, photographed by Ryan Sorrells
fig. a Ryan Sorrells, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-14 / obs. 150769954
Cuscuta glomerata, photographed by aarongunnar
fig. b aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 10184715
Cuscuta glomerata, photographed by Evan Barker
fig. c Evan Barker, CC0 1.0 / obs. 5081836
Cuscuta glomerata, photographed by Rose Zappa
fig. d Rose Zappa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 152817799
Cuscuta glomerata, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. e Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149659209
Cuscuta glomerata, photographed by Brandon Corder
fig. f Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 149656887
Cuscuta glomerata, photographed by Ethan Rose
fig. g Ethan Rose, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 48889433
Cuscuta glomerata, photographed by aarongunnar
fig. h aarongunnar, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 41271211

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Cuscuta glomerata is native: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin ArkansasIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriNebraskaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasWisconsin
Native distribution of Cuscuta glomerata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arkansas ARK NORTHERN AMERICA
Illinois ILL
Indiana INI
Iowa IOW
Kansas KAN
Kentucky KTY
Louisiana LOU
Michigan MIC
Minnesota MIN
Mississippi MSI
Missouri MSO
Nebraska NEB
North Dakota NDA
Ohio OHI
Oklahoma OKL
South Dakota SDA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Wisconsin WIS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Anthanema paradoxa (Raf.) Raf.
  • Cuscuta aphylla Raf.
  • Cuscuta lepidanche Wood
  • Cuscuta paradoxa Raf.
  • Lepidanche compositarum Engelm.
  • Lepidanche compositarum var. helianthi Engelm.
  • Lepidanche compositarum var. solidaginis Engelm.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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