Abronia maritima

Nuttall ex S. Watson in W. H. Brewer et al.

in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California 2: 4. 1880.

Common names: Red sand-verbena
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 65. Mentioned on page 61, 67, 68.
Revision as of 17:26, 18 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Plants perennial. Stems prostrate, often buried, often extensively branched, forming large mats, succulent, densely glandular-pubescent. Leaves: petiole 0.5–3 cm; blade elliptic to oblong or nearly obovate, 5–6.8 × 2.3–4.3 cm, margins usually entire, sometimes ± repand and undulate, surfaces minutely viscid-puberulent. Inflorescences: peduncle longer than subtending petiole; bracts lanceolate to lance-ovate, 7–11 × 3–4 mm, papery, minutely glandular to glandular-pubescent; flowers 10–18. Perianth: tube red to reddish green, 6–10 mm, limb deep purplish red, 7–10 mm diam., lobes tightly reflexed. Fruits turbinate, 10–14 × 6–18 mm, thick, indurate, apex irregularly truncate and ± beaked; wings 3–5, without cavities.


Phenology: Flowering year-round.
Habitat: Foredunes and unstable dunes near strand
Elevation: 0-50 m

Distribution

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Calif., Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Sonora).

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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Leo A. Galloway +
Nuttall ex S. Watson in W. H. Brewer et al. +
Red sand-verbena +
Calif. +, Mexico (Baja California +, Baja California Sur +, Sinaloa +  and Sonora). +
0-50 m +
Foredunes and unstable dunes near strand +
Flowering year-round. +
in W. H. Brewer et al., Bot. California +
Tricratus +
Abronia maritima +
species +