Flora of North America species comparison

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Abronia mellifera
Abronia mellifera

honey scented sand-verbena, white sand-verbena
Habit Plants perennial.
Stems

decumbent to ascending, much branched, elongate, glabrous or glandular-pubescent.
Leaves

petiole 1–6 cm;

blade ovate to lance-elliptic, 1–6 × 0.5–4 cm, margins entire to sinuate and ± undulate, surfaces glabrous or glandular-pubescent.
Inflorescences

peduncle longer than subtending petiole;

bracts lanceolate to obovate, 5–12 × 1–5 mm, papery, glabrate to glandular-pubescent;

flowers 25–60.
Perianth

tube pale rose proximally to greenish distally, 15–25 mm, limb white, 7–12 mm diam.
Fruits

winged, broadly obdeltate or cordate in profile, 6–10 × 4–10 mm, thin, usually coriaceous, rarely indurate, base attenuate, apex prominently beaked;

wings (2–)5 (when 2, folded to form single deep groove), without dilations, broad, thin, without cavities.

Abronia mellifera
Phenology Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat Sandy soils, cold desert scrub, grasslands
Elevation 100-2000 m (300-6600 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; OR; UT; WA; WY
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 65.
Parent taxa Nyctaginaceae > Abronia
Sibling taxa
A. alpina, A. ameliae, A. ammophila, A. angustifolia, A. argillosa, A. bigelovii, A. bolackii, A. carletonii, A. elliptica, A. fragrans, A. latifolia, A. macrocarpa, A. maritima, A. nana, A. pogonantha, A. turbinata, A. umbellata, A. villosa
Name authority Douglas ex Hooker: Bot. Mag. 56: plate 2879. (1829)
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