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Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena

Abronia alpina

Also called Ramshaw Meadows Abronia

Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena
Photo: Kathleen Nelson/USDA Forest Service, Public domain

Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena (Abronia alpina) is a rare, low perennial that forms flat mats in high alpine meadows of the southern Sierra Nevada. It grows only in one area of Tulare County, California, so it is grown mainly by specialist native plant collectors rather than as a garden staple.

Family
Nyctaginaceae (Nyctagin family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water moderately during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry between waterings; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Fast-draining, gritty, sandy mix with some organic matter.
Temperature
10-24 °C; tolerates cold alpine winters but protect from heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SC. California
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Abronia alpina is a rare species of flowering plant in the four o'clock family known by the common names Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena and Ramshaw Meadows abronia. It is endemic to Tulare County, California, where it is known from only one area high in the Sierra Nevada.

Other Abronia plants

Amelia's sand verbena · Wyoming sand verbena · Purple sand verbena · Fragrant white sand verbena · Snowball sand verbena · Coastal sand verbena · Largefruit sand verbena · Red sand verbena · White sand verbena · Dwarf sand verbena · Mojave sand verbena · Transmontane sand verbena

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abronia alpina by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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