Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cuscuta epithymum (L.) L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Cuscuta epithymum Murray

Common names:

Alfalfa dodder (1913, Ottawa) (68)

Clover dodder (1900?-Present) (3, 5, 50, 62, 80, 85, 131, 155, 156, 158)

Devil's-gut [Devil's gut] (1912, IN) (62)

Hailweed [Hail weed] (1913) (5)

Hairweed [Hair weed, Hair-weed] (1913-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 156)

Hellweed [Hell-weed] (1923) (156)

Lesser clover dodder (1930, IA) (82)

Lesser dodder (1900?) (158)

Lesser lucerne dodder (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Lucerne dodder (1896-1900?) (45, 158)

Thyme dodder (1900?-1930) (5, 82, 156, 158)

American dodder (1913-1936) (5, 82, 85, 93)