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Abronia alpina

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Identification
Abronia alpina Brandegee [family NYCTAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Entry for Abronia alpina Brandegee [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Abronia alpina Brandegee [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Bot. Gaz., 27: 456. 1899
Treatment Author(s)
Leo A. Galloway
Information
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.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology
jun-aug (summer)
Altitude range
2600–3000 m;
Distribution
USA Calif.

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