UCR - University of California, Riverside Herbarium - Vascular Plants (UCR)
UCR0101568
UCR-BPS-86894
UCR-86894
Abronia pogonantha Heimerl
Nyctaginaceae
A.C. Sanders
17027
1995-05-21
1995-5-21
P.J. MacKay, G.K. Helmkamp
United States, California, San Bernardino, Grapevine Canyon Road, south of Apple Valley, 4.2 mi. above Santa Fe RR crossing, 0.6 mi. above microwave tower; San Bernardino Mtns
34.37972 -117.05417
MJ 9E 0N; T3N R2W sec2
1738 meters (5701ft)
Gabbro sand in hilly country. Old burn in pinyon belt, now dominated by Ceanothus greggii, Prunus fasciculata, Purshia glandulosa, Ephedra viridis, etc.
Flowering & Fruiting
Fairly common annual in open sandy areas between shrubs; fls. pink.