- Abronia alpina
Taxobox
name = "Abronia alpina"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio =Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Caryophyllales
familia =Nyctaginaceae
genus = "Abronia"
species = "A. alpina"
binomial = "Abronia alpina"
binomial_authority =Brandeg. "Abronia alpina" is a rare species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family known by the common name Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena. It is endemic to
Tulare County, California , where it is known from only one area high in the Sierra Nevada. This is a small, squat perennial herb which forms a flat to mounded mat on the floor of alpine meadow habitat. The leaves have rounded blades each less than a centimeter long at the ends of short petioles. The foliage and stems are fuzzy and glandular. The plant blooms in clusters of up to five white to pink or lavender flowers around a centimeter wide and long.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5194,5195,5196 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ABAL USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.fws.gov/sacramento/es/plant_spp_accts/ramshaw_meadows_sand_verbena.htm FWS Species Account]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Abronia+alpina Photo gallery]
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