sand verbena

1. Any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena (synset 111857191)
   is a type of: wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant
   subtypes:

   • 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
   belongs to: abronia, genus abronia - genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers

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