Abronia bolackii

N. D. Atwood

Novon 12: 167, fig. 1. 2002.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 64. Mentioned on page 61, 62.

Plants perennial, short caulescent or nearly acaulescent. Stems decumbent to erect, minutely and sparsely glandular-pubescent or ± glabrate, arising from cordlike rhizomes. Leaves: petiole 1–4 cm; blade elliptic-oblong to ovate, 1–4 × 0.5–2 cm, margins entire to shallowly sinuate, often ± undulate, surfaces minutely puberulent or glabrous (especially in age). Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts broadly lanceolate, ovate, obovate, or almost round, 5–10 × 3–10 mm, scarious, apex acute, obutse, or rounded, glandular-puberulent; flowers 15–25. Perianth: tube greenish, 7–11 mm, limb white, 3 mm diam. Fruits broadly turbinate, 5–7 × 3–5 mm, scarious, apex truncate and slightly beaked; wings (3–) 5, dilated distally and ± flattened perpendicular to plane of lamina, dilations ± as long as wide, thin walled, cavities extending throughout.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Gypseous sandy or gravelly soils, open areas, among sparse shrubs
Elevation: 1700 m

Discussion

As far as is known, Abronia bolackii is restricted to gypseous lenses of the Ojo Alamo Formation in San Juan County, New Mexico.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Abronia bolackii"
beaked +  and truncate +
glandular-puberulent +
rounded;obutse;rounded;obutse;acute +
Leo A. Galloway +
N. D. Atwood +
glutinous +
unequal +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
elliptic-oblong;ovate +
succulent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
round +, obovate +, ovate +  and lanceolate +
not accrescent +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (?) +  and 1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
thin +  and wide +
flattened +  and dilated +
1700 m +
curved +  and straight +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
15 +  and 25 +
chasmogamous +  and bisexual +
not +  and winged +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
glabrate +  and viscid puberulent +
turbinate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Gypseous sandy or gravelly soils, open areas, among sparse shrubs +
cauline +  and basal +
unequal +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
5-lobed +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
undulate +, entire +  and shallowly sinuate +
expanded +
salverform +
constricted +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–summer. +
pedicel-like +
slightly rounded;conic +
thick +  and thin +
fibrous;fleshy +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
arising +, decumbent +  and erect +
glabrate +  and glandular-pubescent +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
rugose +  and smooth +
glabrous +  and puberulent +
Tricratus +
slender +  and stout +
Abronia bolackii +
species +
gland-tipped +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
acaulescent +, caulescent +  and short +
perpendicular +
plane +, flattened +  and dilated +