Abronia argillosa
Great Basin Naturalist 40: 78, fig. 1. 1980.
Common names: Clay sand-verbena
Endemic
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Plants perennial. Stems arising from branched caudices, ascending to erect, few branched, elongate, glabrous. Leaves: petiole 1–3 cm; blade elliptic to obovate, 1.5–3.5 × 0.3–1.5 cm, margins entire to ± repand and undulate, surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts ovate to orbiculate, 7–15 × 6–15 mm, scarious, glandular-puberulent; flowers 15–20. Perianth: tube white to greenish, 10–15 mm, limb white, 5–7 mm diam. Fruits narrowly fusiform, 7–10 × 3–4 mm, scarious; wings absent.
Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Clay soils, desert scrub to pinyon-juniper woodlands
Elevation: 1300-1900 m
Discussion
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glutinous +
asymmetric +
elliptic;obovate +
succulent +
veined +
opaque +
calyxlike +
green +
translucent +
persistent +
distinct +
glandular-puberulent +
5;10 +
not accrescent +
scarious +
colorful +
not showy +
large +
varying +
branched +
Clay sand-verbena +
absent +
foliaceous +
hollow +
interior +
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connate +
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Great Basin Naturalist +
1980 +
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Endemic +
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Abronia argillosa +
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