Abronia alpina

Ramshaw meadows abronia, Ramshaw Meadows abronia, Ramshaw Meadows abronia

Family: Nyctaginaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.1

Ramshaw meadows abronia is a rare (CNPS 1B.1) California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada Mountains in dry, open, granitic meadows at elevations of 2,400 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces white to lavender-pink flowers in small clusters with perianth tubes 10 to 15 millimeters long. Growing in low mats less than 25 centimeters tall, it forms dense glandular-puberulent patches across meadow surfaces. Its leaves have rounded blades 4 to 9 millimeters long, supported by petioles 1 to 2 centimeters in length. The fruit is small, 3 to 5 millimeters long with distinctive 5-angled and net-veined characteristics.

Habitat: Dry, open, granitic meadows

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: 2400-2700 m

Bioregions: s SNH (Ramshaw, Templeton meadows, Tulare Co.).

California counties: Tulare

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.