Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Abronia villosa (Desert Sand Verbena)

 3/17/01 SR-22, Palm Canyon Road, Anza Borrego Desert State Park

3/17/01 SR-22, Anza Borrego

 3/25/05 Ashford Mill area, west side of Hwy. 178 (Black Mountains), 
Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, CA

3/21/04 Painted Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA 

2/6/05 Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, E. Riverside County, CA 

2/6/05 Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, E. Riverside County, CA 

3/7/04 Coyote Canyon Road at N. DiGiorgio Road, Anza Borrego Desert State Park 


2/19/05 Hwy 78, Imperial Sand Dunes, North Algodones Dunes Wilderness Area, 
Imperial County, CA


4/4/04 Pipes Canyon Road (loop from Hwy. 247 at Yucca Valley), 
San Bernardino County, CA 


3/13/05 Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, CA 


2/27/05 San Felipe Wash, CNPS (Riverside-San Bernardino County Chapter) trip, 
Anza Borrego Desert State Park

3/21/98 SR-2 past Agua Caliente, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, E. San Diego County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Desert Sand Verbena

SPECIES: Abronia villosa

FAMILY: Nyctaginaceae (Four O'Clock Family)

LIFE LIST DATE3/21/1998

LOCATION: SR-2 past Agua Caliente, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, E. San Diego County, CA

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Treatment from the Jepson Manual (1993):

Stem prostrate to ascending, < 80 cm

Leaf: petiole 0.5–5 cm; blade 1–5 cm, 1–4.5 cm wide, triangular-ovate to ± round

Inflorescence: peduncle 2–10 cm; bracts 3–11 mm, lanceolate to narrowly ovate; flowers 15–35

Flower: perianth tube 1.3–3.5 cm, ± pink, limb 6–18 mm wide, pale to bright magenta

Fruit 5–10 mm; base of floral tube hardened as a beak on top of fruit body; wings 3–5, thin, rounded or angled, or 0

Ecology: Sandy places in creosote-bush or coastal-sage scrub

Elevation: < 1600 m.  

Bioregional distribution: South Coast, Desert 

Distribution outside California: s Nevada, sw Arizona, nw Mexico

Hybridizes with  A. gracilis.

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