Pronunciation: soo-EE-da NI-gra
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) nigra
Formerly Suaeda moquinii