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annual abronia, trans montane abronia, trans montane sand verbena

Ramshaw Meadows abronia, Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena

Habit Plants annual, infrequently perennial. Plants perennial.
Stems

decumbent to ascending, much branched, elongate, reddish at least basally, glandular-pubescent, rarely glabrous or viscid-pubescent.

prostrate, well branched, forming small mats, elongate, viscid-pubescent.

Leaves

petiole 1–4.5 cm;

blade broadly ovate to orbiculate, 1–5 × 0.5–3 cm, margins entire or ± repand and undulate, surfaces glabrous or sparsely glandular-pubescent.

petiole 1–2 cm;

blade orbiculate-oval, 0.4–1 × 0.3–0.5 cm, margins entire, plane, surfaces glandular-pubescent.

Inflorescences

peduncle longer than subtending petiole;

bracts lanceolate to ovate, 3–10 × 1–5 mm, papery, puberulent to densely glandular-pubescent;

flowers 15–35.

peduncle shorter than subtending petiole;

bracts lanceolate to ovate, 2–3 × 1–2 mm, papery, glandular-pubescent;

flowers 1–5.

Perianth

tube greenish to coral pink, 6–18 mm, limb white to pale pink, 5–8 mm diam.

tube whitish, 10–18 mm, limb white to lavender-pink, 6–8 mm diam.

Fruits

winged, turbinate, 3–8 × 3–6 mm, coriaceous, apex broadly tapered to prominent beak;

wings (2–)5 (when 2, folded together) truncate distally with conspicuous dilations, cavities extending throughout.

narrowly obovate in profile, 3–4 × 2–3 mm, thin, coriaceous, apex broadly conic;

wings absent or 5-angled.

Abronia turbinata

Abronia alpina

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering summer.
Habitat Sandy soils, desert scrub Sandy soils, alpine meadows
Elevation 900-2500 m (3000-8200 ft) 2600-3000 m (8500-9800 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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from FNA
CA
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Discussion

Of conservation concern.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 4, p. 66. FNA vol. 4, p. 69.
Parent taxa Nyctaginaceae > Abronia 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. pogonantha, A. umbellata, A. villosa
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. pogonantha, A. turbinata, A. umbellata, A. villosa
Name authority Torrey ex S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 285, plate 31, figs. 1–5, 8, 9. (1871) Brandegee: Bot. Gaz. 27: 456. (1899)
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