Family | NYCTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Abronia ammophila Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 22 (1900) |
Native Range | Wyoming |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 2300-2500m |
Description | leaves opposite, long petiolate, oval to rhombic, glandular, stem densely viscid glandular-hirsute, inflorescence capitate, flowers tubular |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Abronia arenaria Rydb. Abronia cheradophila A.Nelson Abronia nelsonii Heimerl |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WYO Wyoming) |