PLANTS Profile for Abronia fragrans (snowball sand verbena)

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PLANTS Profile

Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.
snowball sand verbena

Symbol:

ABFR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48


Other common names:
	prairie snowball

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Photo of Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.

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Synonyms:
Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.

ABFRG2

Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook. var. glaucescens A. Nelson

Distribution:
Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.


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Related Taxa:
Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 23 species in Abronia

Classification:
Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.

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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 fragrans Nutt. ex Hook. – snowball sand verbena

More Accounts and Images:
Abronia fragrans Nutt. ex Hook.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19557.

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).

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 04:21 PM CDT