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Common Name:
Compact Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta compacta FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta compacta var. compacta FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta compacta 158-01-002 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Bottomland forests, stream banks, marshes, swamps, pine savannas, calcareous seeps and streambanks, wet fields, other wet habitats, on herbaceous and especially on woody hosts
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Hazel Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta coryli FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta coryli FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta corylii 158-01-003 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Open woodlands and woodland borders, on a wide variety of woody and herbaceous hosts
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Five-angled Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta pentagona FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta pentagona 158-01-004 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, open disturbed areas, on a wide variety of (mostly herbaceous) hosts, especially Fabaceae
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Field Dodder, Prairie Dodder, Golden Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta campestris FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta pentagona var. pentagona FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta campestris 158-01-005 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Roadsides, fields, open disturbed areas, especially (but not only) on herbaceous Fabaceae. Other hosts include Acanthaceae, Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Convolvulaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Hydrophyllaceae, Polygonaceae, Solanaceae, Uerticaceae, and Verbenaceae (Costea & Tardif 2006)
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia - the original distribution unclear (nearly cosmopolitan because o
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Common Name: Buttonbush Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta cephalanthi FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta cephalanthi FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC ERROR) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta cephalanthii 158-01-006 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Primarily on woody hosts
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Appalachian Dodder, Beaked Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta rostrata FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta rostrata FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta rostrata 158-01-007 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: High elevation hardwood forests and thickets, especially on Asteraceae (Rudbeckia, Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Eurybia, Eupatorium), but also reported on Collinsonia canadensis, Diervilla, Hydrangea arborescens, Impatiens, Laportea, Rubus, Salix, Urtica, and Symphoricarpos
Common in NC Mountains, rare in GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Swamp Dodder, Common Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta gronovii var. gronovii FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cuscuta gronovii 158-01-008 FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
Habitat: Stream banks, bottomland forests, bogs, marshes, swamps, wet fields, wet disturbed areas, on a very wide variety of herbaceous and woody plants
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in SC Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Harper's Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta harperi FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta harperi FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Habitat: Outcrops of granite (Piedmont), sandstone (Cumberland Plateau, Ridge and Valley), and Altamaha grit (Coastal Plain), typically on plants such as Liatris microcephala, Bigelowia nuttallii, Hypericum gentianoides, Helianthus longifolius, and Croton willdenowii
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Bigseed Alfalfa Dodder, Pretty Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Cuscuta indecora var. indecora FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta indecora + FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Glandular Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta obtusiflora var. glandulosa FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Habitat: In calcareous glades, swampy thickets, and other habitats. Remarkably growing submersed and parasitic on Hygrophila polysperma (Williams, Tippery, & Les 2022). Usually parasitic on Persicaria, but also known from Alternanthera, Dalea, Hygrophila, Justicia, Ludwigia, Lythrum, and Xanthium
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name: Smartweed Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta polygonorum FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta polygonorum FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Habitat: On Persicaria and other hosts
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Japanese Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Cuscuta japonica var. japonica FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta japonica FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Habitat: Parasitizing herbaceous and woody hosts
Rare
Non-native: east Asia
Common Name: Fringed Dodder, Lucerne Dodder, Alfalfa Dodder
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cuscuta suaveolens FAMILY: Convolvulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cuscuta suaveolens FAMILY: Cuscutaceae
Habitat: Fields, especially on herbaceous Fabaceae
Non-native: South America
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