salt flats dodder

(salt marsh dodder)
Cuscuta salina

Member of dodders (genus Cuscuta)
bindweed family (family Convolvulaceae)
dicots (class Magnoliopsida)
flowering plants (subphylum Angiospermae)

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• corolla scales present
• flower 2.5–4.5 mm
• calyx and corolla lobes acute
• calyx generally ± = corolla tube, lobe bases generally not overlapped
• corolla lobes generally ± = tube
• anthers 0.3–0.7 mm
• pedicels (0.5)1–5 mm
• corolla tube ± cylindric, lobes reflexed to spreading, ovate- to lance-oblong
• scattered on coast

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Chris’s observations: none

Taxon info: iNaturalist – Calflora – CalPhotos – Jepson eFlora – FNA

Bay Area species: iNaturalist – Calflora