Abronia pogonantha

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Abronia pogonantha
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Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Abronia
Species:
A. pogonantha
Binomial name
Abronia pogonantha

Abronia pogonantha is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae) [2] known by the common name Mojave sand-verbena. It is native to California [3] and Nevada, [4] where it grows in the Mojave Desert, adjacent hills and mountains, and parts of the San Joaquin Valley in the Central Valley. [2]

This is an annual herb producing prostrate or upright glandular stems to about half a meter long. [5] The petioled leaves are mainly oval-shaped and up to 5 centimeters long by 3 wide. The plant blooms in an inflorescence [6] of many white or pink flowers, each with a tube throat up to 2 centimeters long. [7] The fruit is a winged, heart-shaped body about half a centimeter long. [7]

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References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer - Abronia pogonantha". NatureServe Explorer Abronia pogonantha. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 Wilson, Ruth (1972). "Abronia: I. Distribution, Ecology and Habit of Nine Species of Abronia Found in California". Aliso. 7 (4): 421–437. doi: 10.5642/aliso.19720704.07 . ISSN   2327-2929.
  3. "Abronia pogonantha Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  4. Wilson, Ruth (1974). "Abronia: II. Anthocarp Polymorphism and Anatomy for Nince Species of Abronia Found in California". Aliso. 8 (2): 113–128. doi: 10.5642/aliso.19740802.03 . S2CID   44594541.
  5. Galloway, Leo A. (1975). "Systematics of the North American Desert Species of Abronia and Tripterocalyx (Nyctaginaceae)". Brittonia. 27 (4): 328–347. doi:10.2307/2805512. JSTOR   2805512. S2CID   45050622.
  6. "Abronia pogonantha in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  7. 1 2 "Abronia pogonantha". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-11.