Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Tripterocalyx micranthus (Torr.) Hook

Family: Nyctaginaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Abronia cycloptera Gray, Abronia micrantha Torr., Abronia micrantha Torr. var. pedunculata M.E. Jones, Tripterocalyx cyclopterus (Gray) Standl., Tripterocalyx pedunculatus (M.E. Jones) Standl.

Common names:

Pink abronia (1913-1936) (5, 93)

Sand puffs (1986) (4)

Small-flower sand-verbena [Smallflower sandverbena] (Present) (50)

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