Calflora: Cuscuta indecora var. indecora

Cuscuta indecora Choisy var. indecora

big seed alfalfa dodder, bigseed alfalfa dodder

Cuscuta indecora var. indecora, a dicot, is an annual herb or vine (parasitic) that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Cuscuta indecora var. indecora is also classified by the California Department of Food and Agriculture as a Noxious Weed List C: Control required in nurseries, not required elsewhere. [CDFA Weeds 2010]

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Jun--Nov

Community:	Yellow Pine Forest
Elevation:	between 0 and 4921 feet
Family:	CONVOLVULACEAE (PLANTS: CUSCUTACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Cuscuta found in California.
	See the more inclusive parent record Cuscuta indecora.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:

PLANTS:	Cuscuta jepsonii
PLANTS:	Grammica indecora
TJM2:	Cuscuta hispidula
TJM2:	Cuscuta indecora var. bifida
TJM2:	Cuscuta indecora var. neuropetala

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are specimen records from this county in an herbarium.
	There are documented records, vouchered or confirmed by an expert.
	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alameda: 2 / 0 CCH Butte: 3 / 2 CCH Inyo: 5 / 4 CCH Kern: 2 / 2 CCH Lake: 5 / 5 CCH Los Angeles: 5 / 4 CCH Riverside: 2 / 2 CCH San Bernardino: 5 / 5 CCH San Benito: 1 / 0 CCH San Diego: 5 / 3 CCH Solano: 4 / 4 CCH Trinity: 3 / 3 CCH Tulare: 1 / 1 CCH Yolo: 2 / 2 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Cuscuta indecora var. indecora from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (CUINI)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database