Abronia elliptica A.Nelson

  • Filed As

    Nyctaginaceae
    Abronia elliptica A.Nelson

  • Collector(s)

    R. W. Spellenberg 13642, 12 Jun 2005

  • Location

    United States of America. Wyoming. Sweetwater Co. Green River, 1.25 km north of underpass of IH-80 on White Mountain Road (accessed by Trona Dr.), 0.5 km west of main road in S-facing small feeder canyon to main canyon.

  • Habitat

    Eroded slopes, SE-facing. With Agropyron, Artemisia, Gutierrezia, Atriplex (above Sarcobatus), Stanleya. Pale gray-tan soft shaley clay.

  • Description

    Limb white, 10 mm diam., tube pale reddish-green (at 11 AM, cool, misty, flowers till open and with a faint spicy vanilla scent); plants in patches, extensive subterranean runners, with occasional interconnections, most with a stout taproot. Phenology of specimen: Fertile, Flower, Fruit.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 737271

    Occurrence ID: 8a614340-df5b-491a-bf89-716029234f56

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Caryophyllales

  • Family

    Nyctaginaceae

  • All Determinations

    Abronia elliptica A.Nelson
    Note: "TOPOTYPE". "As determined" R. Spellenberg, May 2008

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    Wyoming

  • County/Municipio

    Sweetwater Co.

  • Locality

    Green River, 1.25 km north of underpass of IH-80 on White Mountain Road (accessed by Trona Dr.), 0.5 km west of main road in S-facing small feeder canyon to main canyon

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1970 m. (6463 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    41.5455, -109.462

  • Location Notes

    "Plants also seen on gray shaley slopes ca. 0.2 mi north of IH-80, W of White Mountain Rd., on E-facing slopes just north of 2 rock towers, where very sporadic, not in patches."

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AS DETERMINED
R. Spellenberg	5/2008
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(Nyctaginaceae)
13642 Abronia elliptica A. Nels.
Coll. R. Spellenberg
12 June 2005
USA, Wyoming, Sweetwater Co, Green River, 1.25 km
N of underpass of IH-80 on White Mtn. Rd. (accessed by Trona
Dr.), 0.5 km W of main road in S-facing small feeder canyon to
main canyon, 41 °32’43.8”N, 109°27’43.4”W. Elev. 1970 m.
Pale gray-tan soft shaley clay, eroded slopes, SE-facing,
j withAgropyron, Artemisia, Gutierrezia, Atriplex (above
' Sarcobatus), Stanleya.
Limb white, 10 mm diam., tube pale reddish-green (at 11
AM, cool, misty, flowers still open and with a faint spicy vanilla
scent); plants in patches, extensive subterranean runners, with
occasional interconnections; most with a stout taproot.
Plants also seen on gray shaley slopes ca. 0.2 mi N of
IH-80, W of White Mtn. Rd., on E-facing slopes just N of 2 rock
towers, where very sporadic, not in patches.
Distributed from NMC to: NMC, NY, BRY, RM, MO, UTC,
BRIT, COLO
[TOPOTYPE]
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