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|accepted_name=Abronia elliptica
|accepted_authority=A. Nelson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=26: 7. 1899
|year=1899
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Abronia fragrans var. elliptica
|authority=(A. Nelson) M. E. Jones
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Abronia nana var. harrisii
|authority=S. L. Welsh
}}
|hierarchy=Nyctaginaceae;Abronia;Abronia elliptica
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Nyctaginaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Abronia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Abronia elliptica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 63
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="plant duration;plant architecture"><b>Plants </b>perennial, sometimes nearly acaulescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem orientation;stem orientation;stem orientation;stem shape;stem pubescence;stem pubescence"><b>Stems </b>decumbent to erect, elongate, glandular-pubescent, infrequently glabrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="petiole some measurement"><b>Leaves:</b> petiole 1–4 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade shape;blade length;blade width;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;adaxial surface pubescence;adaxial surface pubescence;abaxial surface pubescence;abaxial surface pubescence;abaxial surface pubescence">blade ovate elliptic-oblong to ovate, 1.5–6 × 0.5–3.5 cm, margins entire to sinuate, often undulate, adaxial surface glabrous or puberulent, abaxial surface thinly puberulent to pubescent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="peduncle length or size"><b>Inflorescences:</b> peduncle longer than subtending petiole;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract shape;bract shape;bract shape;bract length;bract width;bract texture;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex pubescence;apex pubescence;apex pubescence">bracts ovate to obovate, 5–20 × 3–10 mm, scarious, apex obtuse to acute, glandular-pubescent to villous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="flower count">flowers 25–75.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="tube coloration;tube coloration;tube coloration;tube some measurement;limb coloration;limb diameter"><b>Perianth:</b> tube rose to greenish, 10–20 mm, limb white, 5–8 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="fruit shape;apex shape;apex shape;apex architecture or shape;fruit shape;fruit length;fruit width;fruit texture;fruit shape"><b>Fruits </b>broadly turbinate, apex truncate or rounded and slightly beaked, or fruit ± rhombic in profile, 5–12 × 4–8.5 mm, scarious, tapered at both ends;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="wing atypical count;wing count;wing shape;wing shape;wing orientation;wing shape;dilation length or size;dilation width;dilation architecture">wings (2–) 5 (often 2 on periphery of inflorescence and folded together), dilated distally and flattened perpendicular to plane of lamina, dilations longer than wide, thin walled, cavities extending throughout.</span><!--

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|habitat=Sandy or gravelly soils, desert grasslands, scrub
|elevation=700-2500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Abronia elliptica
|author=
|authority=A. Nelson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Abronia fragrans var. elliptica;Abronia nana var. harrisii
|basionyms=
|family=Nyctaginaceae
|habitat=Sandy or gravelly soils, desert grasslands, scrub
|elevation=700-2500 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Utah;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1899
|special status=
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|genus=Abronia
|species=Abronia elliptica
|abaxial surface pubescence=thinly puberulent;pubescent
|adaxial surface pubescence=puberulent;glabrous
|apex architecture or shape=beaked
|apex pubescence=glandular-pubescent;villous
|apex shape=rounded;truncate;obtuse;acute
|blade length=1.5cm;6cm
|blade shape=elliptic-oblong;ovate
|blade width=0.5cm;3.5cm
|bract length=5mm;20mm
|bract shape=ovate;obovate
|bract texture=scarious
|bract width=3mm;10mm
|dilation architecture=walled
|dilation length or size=longer than wide
|dilation width=thin
|flower count=25;75
|fruit length=5mm;12mm
|fruit shape=tapered;rhombic;turbinate
|fruit texture=scarious
|fruit width=4mm;8.5mm
|limb coloration=white
|limb diameter=5mm;8mm
|margin shape=undulate;entire;sinuate
|peduncle length or size=longer
|petiole some measurement=1cm;4cm
|plant architecture=acaulescent
|plant duration=perennial
|stem orientation=decumbent;erect
|stem pubescence=glabrous;glandular-pubescent
|stem shape=elongate
|tube coloration=rose;greenish
|tube some measurement=10mm;20mm
|wing atypical count=2;5
|wing count=5
|wing orientation=perpendicular
|wing shape=plane;flattened;dilated
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