Abronia villosa S.Watson

Desert sand verbena (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Nyctaginaceae > Abronia

Characteristics

Plants annual. Stems decumbent to ascending, often widely spreading, much branched in large plants, forming large, loose mats, elongate, usually with reddish tinge, glandular-pubescent to long viscid-villous. Leaves: petiole 0.5-5 cm; blade deltate-ovate to ovate or elliptic, 1-5 × 1-4.5 cm, margins entire to sinuate and ± undulate, adaxial surface glabrous or glandular-pubescent, abaxial surface glandular-pubescent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to lance-ovate, 2.5-11 × 1-3 mm, papery, viscid-villous; flowers 15-35. Perianth: tube pink, 10-35 mm, limb usually magenta, with light eyespot, rarely white, 6-18 mm diam. Fruits usually winged, ± obdeltate in profile, 5-10 × 4-15 mm, indurate, ± rugose-veined, sometimes inconspicuously so; wings 3-5, not folded, without dilations, thin, truncate distally, equaling or extending slightly beyond conic apex of fruit body, interior spongy.
Life form annual
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
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Found in creosote bush scrub from sea level to elevations of 2,500 metres in California.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Burn Dressing (root), Diuretic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Abronia villosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Abronia villosa world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:122-2
WFO ID wfo-0000511604
COL ID 8M8F
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Abronia villosa Abronia umbellata f. villosa Abronia villosa var. villosa

Lower taxons

Abronia villosa var. aurita