Abronia ammophila

Greene

Pittonia 4: 226. 1900.

EndemicConservation concern
Basionym: Abronia arenaria Rydberg Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 137. 1900,
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 67. Mentioned on page 62.

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.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Sandy soils, lake shores
Elevation: 2300-2500 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Abronia ammophila is found on the beaches of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Leo A. Galloway +
Greene +
glutinous +
unequal +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
Abronia arenaria +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
elliptic-oblong;rhombic-ovate +
succulent +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
puberulent;glandular-pubescent +
lanceolate +  and elliptic +
not accrescent +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
flattened +  and dilated +
2300-2500 m +
curved +  and straight +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
15 +  and 35 +
chasmogamous +  and bisexual +
not +  and winged +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
glabrate +  and viscid puberulent +
fusiform +, rhombic +, tapered +  and biturbinate +
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.45 cm4.5 mm <br />0.0045 m <br />) +
Sandy soils, lake shores +
cauline +  and basal +
unequal +
greenish white +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
5-lobed +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
undulate +, entire +  and repand +
expanded +
salverform +
constricted +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4.5 cm45 mm <br />0.045 m <br />) +
Flowering summer–fall. +
pedicel-like +
slightly rounded;conic +
thick +  and thin +
fibrous;fleshy +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
Endemic +  and Conservation concern +
prostrate +  and erect +
glandular-pubescent +
elongate +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
rugose +  and smooth +
glandular-puberulent +
Tricratus +
slender +  and stout +
Abronia ammophila +
species +
gland-tipped +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
reduced +