PLANTS Profile for Abronia elliptica (fragrant white sand verbena)

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PLANTS Profile

Abronia elliptica A. Nelson
fragrant white sand verbena

Symbol:

ABEL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

More Information:

Images:
Abronia elliptica A. Nelson

Synonyms:
Abronia elliptica A. Nelson

	ABFRE2	Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook. var. elliptica (A. Nelson) M.E. Jones
	ABPU2	Abronia pumila Rydb.
	ABRA	Abronia ramosa Standl.
	ABSA3	Abronia salsa Rydb.

Distribution:
Abronia elliptica A. Nelson


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Related Taxa:
Abronia elliptica A. Nelson

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 23 species in Abronia

Classification:
Abronia elliptica A. Nelson

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Nyctaginaceae – Four o'clock family
Genus	Abronia Juss. – sand verbena
Species	Abronia elliptica A. Nelson – fragrant white sand verbena

More Accounts and Images:
Abronia elliptica A. Nelson

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19556.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 11/24/2009 05:53 AM MST