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sand verbena

DEFINITIONS OF: sand verbena

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n any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena

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Abronia elliptica, snowball, sweet sand verbena
plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions
Abronia fragrans, sweet sand verbena
taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers
Abronia latifolia, yellow sand verbena
plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia
Abronia maritima, beach pancake
plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico
Abronia umbellata, beach sand verbena, pink sand verbena
prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California
Abronia villosa, desert sand verbena
soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico
Type of:
wild flower, wildflower
wild or uncultivated flowering plant
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