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ABRONIA SAND-VERBENA
Annual, perennial herb, generally glandular.
Stem: prostrate to ascending, generally ± red.
Leaf: generally fleshy, petioled.
Inflorescence: head or umbel; flowers maturing outer before inner or ± simultaneously; receptacle conic, ± smooth; bracts 5–10.
Flower: perianth salverform to trumpet-shaped, generally fragrant, lobes 4–5; stamens 4–5, included; stigma linear, included.
Fruit: body fusiform; wings (0)2–5, lobe-like, prominent, opaque, thick, not continuous above fruit body.
25 species: w North America. (Greek: graceful) [Galloway 2003 FNANM 4:61–69] Closely related to Tripterocalyx; relationships among species Abronia gracilis Benth. (Mex), Abronia maritima, Abronia umbellata, and Abronia villosa need study; hybrids involve Abronia latifolia, Abronia maritima, Abronia umbellata; Abronia gracilis included in TJM (1993) based on misidentifications.

Key to Abronia

1. Sts densely cespitose or in mats < 20 cm wide; montane; perennial herb

2. Infl 1–5-flowered; plant in mats; leaves cauline, blade ± round; fruit wing 0 ..... A. alpina

2' Infl >= 6-flowered; plant densely tufted; leaves basal, blade oblong to ± round; fruit winged ..... A. nana var. covillei

1' Sts elongate, not cespitose, when prostrate in mats >> 25 cm; coastal, desert, or montane; annual or perennial herb

3. Perennial; leaf fleshy; perianth limb yellow or wine-red; coastal

4. Lf blade ± as long as wide; perianth limb yellow ..... A. latifolia

4' Lf blade longer than wide; perianth limb wine-red ..... A. maritima

3' Annual (perennial herb); leaf ± not fleshy; perianth limb white, pink, red, or magenta; coastal or inland

5. Fr wings thick, hollow, inflated or ± collapsed and folded together; leaves ± glabrous (sparsely puberulent); inland, mostly desert ..... A. turbinata

5' Fr wings thin, solid, rarely 0; leaves hairy to glandular-hairy; coastal or inland, mostly desert

6. Fr wings 2(3); fruit broadly obcordate, with sinus at top between wings ..... A. pogonantha

6' Fr wings generally 3–5 or 0; fruit cordate, obconic, or ovoid, with no sinus at top between wings

7. Fr body ± smooth; immediate coast ..... A. umbellata

8. Perianth limb light to bright magenta, throat with a cream to light yellow spot; inflorescence sparse, flowers 10–18; fruit wings angled near tip ..... var. breviflora

8' Perianth limb light to dark magenta, throat with white spot; inflorescence ± dense, flowers 10–27; fruit wings broadly rounded near tip ..... var. umbellata

7' Fr body with generally raised veins (most evident near tip); ± inland ..... A. villosa

9. Fr wings exceeding fruit body; flower limb (1)1.5–1.8 cm wide ..... var. aurita

9' Fr wings 0 or not or barely exceeding fruit body; flower limb 0.6–1.2(1.5) cm wide ..... var. villosa

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