Flora of North America species comparison

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Abronia pogonantha

Mohave sand verbena, Mojave sand verbena
Habit Plants annual.
Stems

decumbent to ascending, little to moderately branched, elongate, glandular-pubescent.
Leaves

petiole 0.8–4 cm;

blade ovate to oblong-ovate, 2–5 × 1.5–3.5 cm, margins entire to ± sinuate and undulate, surfaces glandular-pubescent.
Inflorescences

peduncle longer than subtending petiole;

bracts lanceolate to broadly ovate, 4–9 × 1.8–6 mm, papery, puberulent to glandular-pubescent, often villous basally;

flowers 12–24.
Perianth

tube rose red, at least basally, 10–20 mm, limb white to pink, 6–8 mm diam.
Fruits

winged, broadly cordate or ± round in profile, 4–6 × 4–6 mm, coriaceous, apex deeply notched with small beak;

wings 2(–3), infrequently partially folded together, without dilations, interior spongy.

Abronia pogonantha
Phenology Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Sandy soils, Joshua tree desert scrub
Elevation 100-1600 m (300-5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 66.
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. mellifera, A. nana, A. turbinata, A. umbellata, A. villosa
Name authority Heimerl: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 87, plate 2, fig. 4. (1889)
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