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Salt Dodder
( Cuscuta salina )
Cuscuta salina
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About Salt Dodder (Cuscuta salina)
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Cuscuta salina
is a species of dodder known by the common name salt marsh dodder. It is native to western North America, where it lives in seasonal alkaline or saline habitats such as vernal pools and salt flats. It is a parasitic plant, wrapping itself around wetland vegetation and tapping them for nutrients with its haustoria.
Cuscuta salina
is a slender annual vine extending yellowish thready stems to wrap tightly around other plants. The leaves are rudimentary and scale-like. The dodder produces flowers with white glandular corollas. Each is bell-shaped with five pointed triangular lobes. 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
. 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.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Vine, Annual herb
Flower Color
White
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 2
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The Brown Elfin
Callophrys augustinus
Callophrys augustinus
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Chrysanthemum Flower Borer
Lorita scarificata
Lorita scarificata
Landscaping Information
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.5" - 41.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.15" - 1.40", Coldest Month: 45.2" - 56.6", Hottest Month: 58.2" - 87.4", Humidity: 0.30" - 37.86", Elevation: -23" - 2901"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Goldenthread, Salt Marsh Dodder, Saltmarsh Dodder
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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