Family | NYCTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Abronia bigelovii Heimerl |
Bibliography | Smithsonian Misc. Collect. 52: 197 (1909) |
Native Range | n. New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands |
Altitude | 1500-2000m |
Description | grey-green, leaves linear to narrowly oblong, 1-5cm, glabrous, flowers 20-30 in heads, bracts papery, ovate, tubular, glandular, 15-20mm, tube pinkish |
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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |