Family | NYCTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Abronia latifolia Eschsch. |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Pétersbourg Hist. Acad. 5: 281 (1826) |
Native Range | sw. Canada to w. California |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-50m |
Description | leaves petiolate, broadly oval to reniform, thick, flowers in cluster, 17-34, bracts 5-9mm, ovate, tube of corolla 9-12mm, lobes 8-13mm wide, fruits 8-15, reticulate, glabrous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | lemmon yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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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 arenaria Menzies ex Hook. Tricratus arenarius (Menzies ex Hook.) Spreng. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |