Abronia latifolia Eschsch.

Coastal sand verbena (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Nyctaginaceae > Abronia

Characteristics

Plants perennial. Stems prostrate, often buried in sand, usually much branched, forming large mats, succulent, densely glandular-pubescent to glabrous. Leaves: 1-6 cm; blade deltate-ovate to reniform, 2.2-4.8 × 2.7-5.2 cm, margins usually entire, sometimes slightly repand and undulate, surfaces glabrous or viscid-puberulent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts ovate, 5-9 × 3-5 mm, thin, yellowish green, glandular-pubescent; flowers 17-35. Perianth: tube yellowish green, 6.5-18 mm, limb yellow, 8-13 mm diam., lobes slightly to moderately reflexed. Fruits winged, ± rhombic in profile, attenuate at both ends, 8-15 × 6-14 mm, scarious; wings 4-5, thin walled, small, cavities extending into wing.
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A low perennial plant. It grows 0.1 m high and spreading to 0.  wide. It is strongly branched. The stems are hairy and lie along the ground. The roots are large and can be 60 cm or more long. The flowers are yellow-green.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on sand dunes and near beaches. It needs well drained soil and full sunlight. It needs a warm sheltered position.
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Coastal sand dunes and sea beaches. Sandy soils, coastal scrub, lees of dunes adjacent to strand from sea level to 50 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

The long stout root is eaten.
Uses medicinal
Edible roots stems
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Seed should be pre-soaked for 24 hours in warm water before sowing. Seedlings need good ventilation to avoid damping off. Cuttings can be used.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Abronia latifolia flower picture by Susan Mene (cc-by-sa)
Abronia latifolia flower picture by Payne Nick (cc-by-sa)
Abronia latifolia flower picture by Rafalski Victoria (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Abronia latifolia world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:326895-2
WFO ID wfo-0000511550
COL ID 8M74
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Abronia latifolia Tricratus arenarius Abronia arenaria