Abronia pogonantha

Heimerl

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 11: 87, plate 2, fig. 4. 1889.

IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 66. Mentioned on page 61, 64.
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Plants annual. Stems decumbent to ascending, little to moderately branched, elongate, glandular-pubescent. Leaves: petiole 0.8–4 cm; blade ovate to oblong-ovate, 2–5 × 1.5–3.5 cm, margins entire to ± sinuate and undulate, surfaces glandular-pubescent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to broadly ovate, 4–9 × 1.8–6 mm, papery, puberulent to glandular-pubescent, often villous basally; flowers 12–24. Perianth: tube rose red, at least basally, 10–20 mm, limb white to pink, 6–8 mm diam. Fruits winged, broadly cordate or ± round in profile, 4–6 × 4–6 mm, coriaceous, apex deeply notched with small beak; wings 2 (–3), infrequently partially folded together, without dilations, interior spongy.


Phenology: Flowering spring–summer.
Habitat: Sandy soils, Joshua tree desert scrub
Elevation: 100-1600 m

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notched +
Leo A. Galloway +
Heimerl +
glutinous +
unequal +
woody +, leathery +  and fleshy +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
ovate;oblong-ovate +
succulent +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
persistent +
distinct +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
villous;puberulent;glandular-pubescent +
lanceolate +  and broadly ovate +
not accrescent +
0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
corollalike +  and petaloid +
flattened +  and dilated +
100-1600 m +
curved +  and straight +
inconspicuous +  and showy +
12 +  and 24 +
chasmogamous +  and bisexual +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
glabrate +  and viscid puberulent +
round +  and cordate +
coriaceous +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Sandy soils, Joshua tree desert scrub +
cauline +  and basal +
unequal +
white +  and pink +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
5-lobed +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
undulate +, entire +  and more or less sinuate +
expanded +
salverform +
constricted +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
Flowering spring–summer. +
pedicel-like +
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. +
slightly rounded;conic +
thick +  and thin +
fibrous;fleshy +
membranaceous +
ribbed +, 10-ribbed +  and 5-ribbed +
pubescent +, glabrous +  and warty +
wrinkled +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
decumbent +  and ascending +
glandular-pubescent +
elongate +
fusiform +  and linear +
filiform +
rugose +  and smooth +
glandular-pubescent +
Tricratus +
slender +  and stout +
Abronia pogonantha +
species +
gland-tipped +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +