Abronia alpina
Bot. Gaz. 27: 456. 1899.
EndemicConservation concern
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Plants perennial. Stems prostrate, well branched, forming small mats, elongate, viscid-pubescent. Leaves: petiole 1–2 cm; blade orbiculate-oval, 0.4–1 × 0.3–0.5 cm, margins entire, plane, surfaces glandular-pubescent. Inflorescences: peduncle shorter than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to ovate, 2–3 × 1–2 mm, papery, glandular-pubescent; flowers 1–5. Perianth: tube whitish, 10–18 mm, limb white to lavender-pink, 6–8 mm diam. Fruits narrowly obovate in profile, 3–4 × 2–3 mm, thin, coriaceous, apex broadly conic; wings absent or 5-angled.
Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Sandy soils, alpine meadows
Elevation: 2600-3000 m
Discussion
Of conservation concern.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
No values specified.
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conic +
glutinous +
asymmetric +
orbiculate-oval +
succulent +
veined +
opaque +
calyxlike +
green +
translucent +
persistent +
distinct +
glandular-pubescent +
5;10 +
not accrescent +
papery +
colorful +
not showy +
large +
varying +
absent +
foliaceous +
hollow +
interior +
broader +
Calif. +
scanty +
connate +
incomplete +
aerial +
obovate +
accessory +
coriaceous +
1-carpellate +
pedunculate +
capitate +
cluster +
axillary +
petiolate +
opposite +
equal +
5-lobed +
plane +
expanded +
basal +
symmetric +
distal +
salverform +
constricted +
abundant +
pedicel-like +
Bot. Gaz. +
1899 +
slightly rounded;conic +
varying +
obtuse +
tuberous +
fibrous;fleshy +
membranaceous +
connate +
wrinkled +
alternate +
included +
5;9 +
varying +
branched +
procumbent +
prostrate +
viscid-pubescent +
elongate +
included +
filiform +
glandular-pubescent +
Abronia alpina +
Abronia +
species +
spongy +
gland-tipped +
curved +
whitish +
acaulescent +
perennial +
viscid-pubescent +
absent +
5-angled +