Abronia Turbinata, Transmontane Sand Verbena
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Common name:
Transmontane sand verbena
Family:
Scientific name:
Abronia turbinata
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the Great Basin Desert, though not Utah
Height:
Up to 20 inches
Habitat:
Dry, sandy places in deserts and foothills, from 2,500 to 8,000 feet
Leaves:
Ovate to round, up to 2 inches long; on stalks of up to 2 inches
Season:
April to July
The green, fleshy leaves of abronia turbinata are usually hairless, but may have a sparse covering of glandular hairs; such hairs are more usual on the reddish stem. Stems branch readily, the branches ascending to decumbent. Leaves grow on thin stalks of similar length to the blade; up to 2 inches. Leaf margins may be somewhat wavy.
The inflorescence is a spherical cluster of between 15 and 35 flowers, subtended by a few thin bracts, ovate to lanceolate in shape, up to 0.4 inches long. Flowers have a tubular, pink to pale green corolla, up to 0.7 inches long, opening to five white or pale pink lobes, each deeply divided. Fruits have five wings, generally hollow and inflated.
The inflorescence is a spherical cluster of between 15 and 35 flowers, subtended by a few thin bracts, ovate to lanceolate in shape, up to 0.4 inches long. Flowers have a tubular, pink to pale green corolla, up to 0.7 inches long, opening to five white or pale pink lobes, each deeply divided. Fruits have five wings, generally hollow and inflated.
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