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Abronia ammophila Greene [family NYCTAGINACEAE]
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
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 ammophila Greene [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Pittonia, 4: 226. 1900
Abronia arenaria Rydberg [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Mem. New York Bot. Gard., 1: 137. 1900,. not Menzies ex Hooker 1827
Treatment Author(s)
Leo A. Galloway
Information
Plants perennial. Stems prostrate, much branched, forming loose mats, elongate, densely glandular-pubescent, viscid. Leaves: petiole 2–4.5 cm; blade elliptic-oblong to rhombic-ovate, 1–2.5 × 0.6–1.5 cm, margins entire to repand and ± undulate, surfaces glandular-puberulent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to elliptic, 3–5 × 1–3 mm, papery, puberulent to glandular-pubescent; flowers 15–35. Perianth: tube greenish, 7–12 mm, limb greenish white, 4–6 mm diam. Fruits biturbinate, tapered at both ends, ± rhombic or fusiform in profile, 4–6 × 2.5–4.5 mm, indurate; wings reduced, appearing as 5 prominent lobes near middle of fruit; peripheral fruits not or only slightly distorted.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
2300–2500 m;
Distribution
USA Wyo.
Discussion
Abronia ammophila is found on the beaches of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park.
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
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 ammophila Greene [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Pittonia, 4: 226. 1900
Abronia arenaria Rydberg [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Mem. New York Bot. Gard., 1: 137. 1900,. not Menzies ex Hooker 1827
Treatment Author(s)
Leo A. Galloway
Information
Plants perennial. Stems prostrate, much branched, forming loose mats, elongate, densely glandular-pubescent, viscid. Leaves: petiole 2–4.5 cm; blade elliptic-oblong to rhombic-ovate, 1–2.5 × 0.6–1.5 cm, margins entire to repand and ± undulate, surfaces glandular-puberulent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to elliptic, 3–5 × 1–3 mm, papery, puberulent to glandular-pubescent; flowers 15–35. Perianth: tube greenish, 7–12 mm, limb greenish white, 4–6 mm diam. Fruits biturbinate, tapered at both ends, ± rhombic or fusiform in profile, 4–6 × 2.5–4.5 mm, indurate; wings reduced, appearing as 5 prominent lobes near middle of fruit; peripheral fruits not or only slightly distorted.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
2300–2500 m;
Distribution
USA Wyo.
Discussion
Abronia ammophila is found on the beaches of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park.
Date Updated: 23 July 2012
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 ammophila Greene [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Pittonia, 4: 226. 1900
Abronia arenaria Rydberg [family NYCTAGINACEAE], Mem. New York Bot. Gard., 1: 137. 1900,. not Menzies ex Hooker 1827
Treatment Author(s)
Leo A. Galloway
Information
Plants perennial. Stems prostrate, much branched, forming loose mats, elongate, densely glandular-pubescent, viscid. Leaves: petiole 2–4.5 cm; blade elliptic-oblong to rhombic-ovate, 1–2.5 × 0.6–1.5 cm, margins entire to repand and ± undulate, surfaces glandular-puberulent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to elliptic, 3–5 × 1–3 mm, papery, puberulent to glandular-pubescent; flowers 15–35. Perianth: tube greenish, 7–12 mm, limb greenish white, 4–6 mm diam. Fruits biturbinate, tapered at both ends, ± rhombic or fusiform in profile, 4–6 × 2.5–4.5 mm, indurate; wings reduced, appearing as 5 prominent lobes near middle of fruit; peripheral fruits not or only slightly distorted.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology
jun-aug (summer), sep-nov (fall)
Altitude range
2300–2500 m;
Distribution
USA Wyo.
Discussion
Abronia ammophila is found on the beaches of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park.
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