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Abronia turbinata
Torr. ex S. Wats.
No occurrences found
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Abronia orbiculata
Standl.)
Family:
Nyctaginaceae
transmontane sand verbena
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Abronia exalata
Standl.,
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Abronia orbiculata
Standl.
]
Patrick Alexander
FNA
Resources
Leo A. Galloway in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Plants
annual, infrequently perennial.
Stems
decumbent to ascending, much branched, elongate, reddish at least basally, glandular-pubescent, rarely glabrous or 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.
Inflorescences:
peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to ovate, 3-10 × 1-5 mm, papery, puberulent to densely glandular-pubescent; flowers 15-35.
Perianth:
tube greenish to coral pink, 6-18 mm, limb white to pale pink, 5-8 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. Flowering spring-fall. Sandy soils, desert scrub; 900-2500 m; Calif., Nev., Oreg.
Patrick Alexander
Patrick Alexander
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