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Abronia ameliae

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Type of Abronia ameliae Lundell [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Holotype of Abronia ameliae Lundell [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Abronia ameliae Lundell [family NYCTAGINACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Plant Resources Center staff, 2010
Related name
  • Abronia ameliae
Common name
  • Heart’s delight, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Abronia ameliae Lundell [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 ameliae Lundell [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Wrightia, 1: 54. 1945
Treatment Author(s)
Leo A. Galloway
Information
Plants perennial. Stems procumbent to semierect, slightly to moderately branched, elongate, often reddish at nodes, viscid. Leaves: petiole 1–9 cm; blade deltate-ovate to elliptic, 2–8 × 2–6.5 cm, margins repand to sinuate, frequently undulate, adaxial surface glandular-puberulent, abaxial surface glandular-pubescent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts ovate to elliptic, 5–16 × 2–10 mm, papery, glandular-pubescent; flowers 20–75. Perianth: tube magenta, 12–25 mm, limb bright magenta, 8–10 mm diam. Fruits narrowly turbinate, 6–9 × 3–4.5 mm, ± 2 times as long as wide, scarious, base attenuate, rounded or truncate at apex, with a broadly conic beak; wings 5, finely reticulate, thin walled, narrow, cavities extending throughout.
Phenology
dec-feb (winter), mar-may (spring)
Altitude range
0–100 m;
Distribution
USA Tex.
Discussion
Abronia ameliae has limited cultivation as an ornamental in southern Texas.

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