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annual abronia, trans montane abronia, trans montane sand verbena

Mohave sand verbena, Mojave sand verbena

Habit Plants annual, infrequently perennial. Plants annual.
Stems

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

decumbent to ascending, little to moderately branched, elongate, glandular-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 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 ovate, 3–10 × 1–5 mm, papery, puberulent to densely glandular-pubescent;

flowers 15–35.

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

tube rose red, at least basally, 10–20 mm, limb white to 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.

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 turbinata

Abronia pogonantha

Phenology Flowering spring–fall. Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat Sandy soils, desert scrub Sandy soils, Joshua tree desert scrub
Elevation 900-2500 m (3000-8200 ft) 100-1600 m (300-5200 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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from FNA
CA
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Source FNA vol. 4, p. 66. FNA vol. 4, p. 66.
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. 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 Torrey ex S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 285, plate 31, figs. 1–5, 8, 9. (1871) Heimerl: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 87, plate 2, fig. 4. (1889)
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