Latin name: Cuscuta salina Engelm. var. major
  Yuncker
  Pronunciation: koos-KOO-ta sa-LIE-na MAY-jor

  Common name: Saltmarsh dodder
  Family: Cuscutaceae (Dodder)
  Habitat: Salty marshes, flats, ponds, mostly below
  300', often on Salicornia
  Blooming period: May to September
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Cuscuta  2) salina

  3) major
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