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Sandpuffs
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Sandpuffs

Tripterocalyx

Tripterocalyx is a small genus of flowering plants in the four o'clock family. It contains four species formerly included in the closely related genus Abronia, the sand-verbenas. These plants are native to North America, especially the dry desert southwest of the United States. They bloom in heads of several colorful trumpet-shaped flowers. Sandpuffs is a common name for plants in this genus.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Winged Sandpuffs

speciesTripterocalyx carneus

small-flowered sand-verbena

speciesTripterocalyx micranthus

Cross Sandpuffs

speciesTripterocalyx crux-maltae

Wooton's Sandpuffs

speciesTripterocalyx wootonii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72414.