Abronia turbinata |
Abronia pogonantha |
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annual abronia, trans montane abronia, trans montane sand verbena |
Mohave sand verbena, Mojave sand verbena |
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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 |
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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 |
CA; NV; OR
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CA
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 66. | FNA vol. 4, p. 66. |
Parent taxa | Nyctaginaceae > Abronia | Nyctaginaceae > Abronia |
Sibling taxa | ||
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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