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Abronia pogonantha
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Abronia
Species: A. pogonantha
Binomial name
Abronia pogonantha
Heimerl

Abronia pogonantha is a species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae) known by the common name Mojave sand-verbena. It is native to California and Nevada, where it grows in the Mojave Desert, adjacent hills and mountains, and parts of the San Joaquin Valley in the Central Valley.

This is an annual herb producing prostrate or upright glandular stems to about half a meter long. The petioled leaves are mainly oval-shaped and up to 5 centimeters long by 3 wide. The plant blooms in an inflorescence of many white or pink flowers, each with a tube throat up to 2 centimeters long. The fruit is a winged, heart-shaped body about half a centimeter long.

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer - Abronia pogonantha". NatureServe Explorer Abronia pogonantha. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  2. ^ Wilson, Ruth (1972). "Abronia: I. Distribution, Ecology and Habit of Nine Species of Abronia Found in California". Aliso. 7 (4): 421–437. doi:10.5642/aliso.19720704.07. ISSN 2327-2929.
  3. "Abronia pogonantha Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  4. Wilson, Ruth (1974). "Abronia: II. Anthocarp Polymorphism and Anatomy for Nince Species of Abronia Found in California". Aliso. 8 (2): 113–128. doi:10.5642/aliso.19740802.03. S2CID 44594541.
  5. Galloway, Leo A. (1975). "Systematics of the North American Desert Species of Abronia and Tripterocalyx (Nyctaginaceae)". Brittonia. 27 (4): 328–347. doi:10.2307/2805512. JSTOR 2805512. S2CID 45050622.
  6. "Abronia pogonantha in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
  7. ^ "Abronia pogonantha". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-11.

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