iSpecies is a test of E O Wilson's idea of a web page for each species. The data displayed are generated "on the fly" by querying other data sources (learn how it works ). Send comments to r.page@bio.gla.ac.uk, or visit the iSpecies blog.
Abronia alpina is a rare species of flowering plant in the Nyctaginaceae|four oclock family known by the common name Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena. It is endemic to Tulare County, California, where it is known from only one area high in the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada. This is a small, squat perennial herb which forms a flat to mounded mat on the floor of alpine meadow habitat. The leaves have rounded blades each less than a centimeter long at the ends of short petiole (botany)|petioles. The foliage and stems are fuzzy and glandular. The plant blooms in clusters of up to...
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