RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abronia umbellata. CUL-DAR209.6.7. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR209.6 contains materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
Notes for Movement in plants. Text F1325. Abronia umbellata or Pink Sand Verbena is a small flowering annual plant native to western North America. It was first named and described by Lamarck in 1793.
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Abronia umbellata, a seed removed from fruit— & allowed to germinate on a bare damp surface— developed a broad thin flat disc round the base of the hypocotyl, several times its diameter.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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