Cuscuta salina
Engelm.
Saltmarsh dodder
Cuscuta salina is an annual herb or vine (parasitic) that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
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Convolvulaceae
(Cuscutaceae) - Cuscuta
Bloom Period
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: Previous treatments of the species divided it into three varieties. In 2009, two of them were combined into a separate species called Cuscuta pacifica.[1] The two species can easily be differentiated by habitat geography: the varieties of Cuscuta pacifica grow solely in coastal habitats while Cuscuta salina sensu stricto grows inland in alkaline or saline seasonally wet habitats such as vernal pools and salt flats, such as the margins of the Great Salt Lake. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
