Species Information
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Anthophyta
Class: Dicotyledoneae
Order: Lamiales
Family: Martyniaceae
Genus: Proboscidea
Species: sabulosa
Dune Unicorn-Plant - Proboscidea sabulosa
Image courtesy of New Mexico Rare Plants
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Species Extent (New Mexico)
General Description
Sticky-hairy annual up to 1 m or more across, stems spreading, branched; leaves stalked, the blades more or less triangular to rounded, heart-shaped in outline, 8-12 cm in diameter, wavy on margins; flowers in small clusters, usually hidden by foliage; corolla tubular, irregularly 5-lobed, about 2 cm long and half as wide at widest point, tube cream with small reddish spots or pale blotches on inside, lobes reddish-purple; fruit oblong-ellipsoid, keeled on back, to about 7 cm long and 2 cm wide, bearing a long, tapering, recurved tip, that splits into two long, recurved claws when dry. Flowers July and August.
Status
Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database
Number of Subpopulations: 20
Number of Mapped Locations: 24
Number of Observations: 24
Observation date range: 07-04-1949 to 09-24-2010
External Links
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NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)
NatureServe Explorer
New Mexico Rare Plants Website
Environmental Conservation Online System (ECOS)