Pronunciation: soo-EE-da mo-KEE-nee-eye
Common name: Rush seepweed
Family: Chenopodiaceae (Goosefoot)
Habitat: Alkaline and saline places to 5000' in the
interior and desert Southwest
Blooming period: May to September
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Suaeda
2) moquinii
NOTE: Name to be changed to Suaeda nigra and
taxon to be placed in Amaranthaceae.