Abronia villosa

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Abronia villosa
File:Abronia villosa WPC.jpg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Core eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Nyctaginaceae
Genus:
Abronia
Species:
A. villosa
Binomial name
Abronia villosa
S.Wats., 1873

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Abronia villosa is a species of sand-verbena known by the common names desert sand-verbena and chaparral sand-verbena. It is in the four o'clock plant family (Nyctaginaceae). It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico and the southern California and Baja coast.

Description

Abronia villosa is a short, hairy annual wildflower which grows in creeping prostrate masses along the ground. It has oval-shaped dull green leaves and many peduncles bearing rounded inflorescences of bright magenta or purplish-pink flowers. It grows in the sand of the deserts and coastlines.It has a very sweet Fragrance, and is also very sticky. They usually grow between February and May.

Chemistry

The rotenoids abronione and boeravinone C, and the terpenoid lupeol can be found in A. villosa.[1]

References

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Further reading

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