| Family | NYCTAGINACEAE |
| Genus species | Abronia elliptica A.Nelson |
| Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 7 (1899) |
| Native Range | Wyoming to nw. New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 700-2500m |
| Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic-oblong to ovate, entire, adaxially glabrous, abaxially pubescent, flowers 25-75 in axillary heads, lobes 5-8mm, tube 1-2cm, |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | whitish rose |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Abronia bakeri Greene Abronia bolackii N.D.Atwood & al. Abronia fallax Heimerl ex Rydb. Abronia fragrans var. elliptica (A.Nelson) Heimerl Abronia fragrans var. harrisii (S.L.Welsh) S.L.Welsh Abronia fragrans var. pterocarpa (A.Nelson) M.E.Jones Abronia glabra Rydb. Abronia nana var. harrisii S.L.Welsh Abronia pumila Rydb. Abronia ramosa Standl. Abronia salsa Rydb. Abronia sparsifolia Standl. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |