PLANTS Profile for Abronia umbellata ssp. breviflora (pink sand verbena)

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Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz
pink sand verbena

Symbol:

ABUMB

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Nyctaginaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Vine

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz

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Synonyms:
Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz

	ABAC	Abronia acutalata Standl.
	ABBR2	Abronia breviflora Standl.
	ABUMA2	Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. acutalata (Standl.) Tillett
	ABUMA3	Abronia umbellata Lam. var. acutalata (Standl.) C.L. Hitchc.

Distribution:
Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz


View Native Status

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USA (CA, OR, WA), CAN (BC)

Related Taxa:
Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz

View 16 genera in Nyctaginaceae, 23 species in Abronia, 2 subspecies in Abronia umbellata Lam.

Classification:
Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz

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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 umbellata Lam. – pink sand verbena
Subspecies	Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz – pink sand verbena

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Oregon:
pink sand-verbena		Endangered
Washington:
Abronia umbellata ssp. acutalata
pink sandverbena		Possibly Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Abronia umbellata Lam. ssp. breviflora (Standl.) Munz

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

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 19575.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 12:26 PM CDT