Abronia bolackii N.D.Atwood, S.L.Welsh & K.D.Heil

Bolack's sand verbena (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Nyctaginaceae > Abronia

Characteristics

Plants perennial, short caulescent or nearly acaulescent. Stems decumbent to erect, minutely and sparsely glandular-pubescent or ± glabrate, arising from cordlike rhizomes. Leaves: petiole 1-4 cm; blade elliptic-oblong to ovate, 1-4 × 0.5-2 cm, margins entire to shallowly sinuate, often ± undulate, surfaces minutely puberulent or glabrous (especially in age). Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts broadly lanceolate, ovate, obovate, or almost round, 5-10 × 3-10 mm, scarious, apex acute, obutse, or rounded, glandular-puberulent; flowers 15-25. Perianth: tube greenish, 7-11 mm, limb white, 3 mm diam. Fruits broadly turbinate, 5-7 × 3-5 mm, scarious, apex truncate and slightly beaked; wings (3-)5, dilated distally and ± flattened perpendicular to plane of lamina, dilations ± as long as wide, thin walled, cavities extending throughout.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20006836-1
WFO ID wfo-0000511519
COL ID 8M69
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Synonyms

Abronia bolackii