Abronia alpina Brandegee

Ramshaw meadows sand verbena (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Nyctaginaceae > Abronia

Characteristics

Plants perennial. Stems prostrate, well branched, forming small mats, elongate, viscid-pubescent. Leaves: petiole 1-2 cm; blade orbiculate-oval, 0.4-1 × 0.3-0.5 cm, margins entire, plane, surfaces glandular-pubescent. Inflorescences: peduncle shorter than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to ovate, 2-3 × 1-2 mm, papery, glandular-pubescent; flowers 1-5. Perianth: tube whitish, 10-18 mm, limb white to lavender-pink, 6-8 mm diam. Fruits narrowly obovate in profile, 3-4 × 2-3 mm, thin, coriaceous, apex broadly conic; wings absent or 5-angled.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Abronia alpina unspecified picture

Distribution

Abronia alpina world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:53-2
WFO ID wfo-0000511505
COL ID 8M5V
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Abronia alpina