Cuscuta umbellataKunth

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WFO wfo-0001297952 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cuscuta umbellata, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore
fig. a Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-08-24 / obs. 154803558
Cuscuta umbellata, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore
fig. b Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 151685101
Cuscuta umbellata, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. c Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 55781684
Cuscuta umbellata, photographed by Craig Martin
fig. d Craig Martin, CC0 1.0 / obs. 24553080
Cuscuta umbellata, photographed by Cecelia Alexander
fig. e Cecelia Alexander, CC0 1.0 / obs. 12594609
Cuscuta umbellata, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. f CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156205003
Cuscuta umbellata, photographed by Dominic Gentilcore
fig. g Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153208475
Cuscuta umbellata, photographed by Jared Shorma
fig. h Jared Shorma, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 170062326

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Native range 28 botanical countries

Regions where Cuscuta umbellata is native: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Bahamas, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Panamá, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela ArizonaColoradoFloridaKansasLouisianaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SouthwestNew MexicoOklahomaTexasBrazil NortheastColombiaCubaDominican RepublicGuyanaHaitiJamaicaPanamáParaguayPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela BahamasLeeward Is.
Native distribution of Cuscuta umbellata, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Brazil Northeast BZE
Colombia CLM
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Colorado COL
Florida FLA
Kansas KAN
Louisiana LOU
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS
New Mexico NWM
Oklahoma OKL
Texas TEX

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 4 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.

  • Cuscuta desertorum Mart. ex Engelm.
  • Cuscuta fasciculata Yunck.
  • Cuscuta umbellata var. maritima Progel
  • Cuscuta umbellata var. typica Yunck.

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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