Abronia turbinata |
Abronia alpina |
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annual abronia, trans montane abronia, trans montane sand verbena |
Ramshaw Meadows abronia, Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena |
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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 |
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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 |
CA; NV; OR
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CA |
Discussion | Of conservation concern. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 66. | FNA vol. 4, p. 69. |
Parent taxa | Nyctaginaceae > Abronia | Nyctaginaceae > Abronia |
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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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