Cuscuta salina Engelmann

Life form², ³: forb, annual or vine, parasite
Habitat: near water
leaf presence³: always leafless
leaf arrangement³: leafless
leaf format³: leafless
Flower color²: white or whitish
Flowering period²: summer
Armament², ³: spineless
Family¹, ², ³: Convolvulaceae (morning glory family)
Synonym(s)¹: Cuscuta salina Engelmann v. salina
Status: rare
Location where collected or observed:
      Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument

*For information on nomenclature, authorship, or plant characteristics, see these references:

• ¹ Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Thomas Van Devender, and Steven M. Buckley. 2012. Checklist of Vascular Plants of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and Tinaja Altas, Arizona. CANOTIA 8:1-53
• ² Felger, Richard Stephen, Susan Rutman, Michael F. Wilson, and Kathryn Mauz. 2007. Botanical Diversity of Southwestern Arizona and Northwestern Sonora. in: Dry Borders, Great Natural Reserves of the Sonoran Desert. eds.: Richard Stephen Felger and Bill Broyles. The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City
• ³ Felger, Richard Stephen. 2000. Flora of the Gran Desierto and Rio Colorado of Northwestern Mexico. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson