sand verbena

/sænd vərˌbinə/

Definitions of sand verbena

1. noun

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

   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