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Abronia, the sand-verbenas or wild lantanas, is a genus of about 20 species of annual or perennial herbaceous plants in the family Nyctaginaceae. Despite the common names, they are not related to Verbena or lantanas in the family Verbenaceae. They are closely allied with Tripterocalyx.
This plant is generally found in sandy, well-drained soil in areas with low precipitation, it can become a striking carpet-like groundcover in undisturbed areas after winter rains. Pink sand verbena tolerates seaside conditions and is found on the west coast of North America from British Columbia, Canada to Baja California , Mexico .
Abronia villosa is a species of sand-verbena known by the common names desert sand-verbena [3] and chaparral sand-verbena. It is in the four o'clock plant family ( Nyctaginaceae ). It is native to sandy areas in the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, associated with creosote-bush and coastal-sage scrub habitats.
Abronia maritima is a species of sand verbena known by the common name red sand verbena. This is a beach-adapted perennial plant native to the coastlines of southern California, including the Channel Islands, and northern Baja California. It grows along stable sand dunes near, but not in, the ocean surf.
This rare plant generates many visitor questions each summer. Visitors assume the large, lush seedpod is a blossom, but the flowers are actually the tiny white blossoms at the end of succulent, pink tubes. This verbena looks like it belongs more in a tropical rainforest than a desert - just another hidden surprise at Great Sand Dunes!
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Verbena (/ v ər ˈ b iː n ə /), [3] also known as vervain or verveine, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae.It contains about 150 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants.
Abronia ammophila, the Yellowstone sand verbena, or Wyoming sand verbena, is a plant unique to Yellowstone National Park lakeshores and is endemic to the park. [2] Part of the "Four o'clock" family ( Nyctaginaceae ), the abronia ammophila is best suited in sandy soils and lake shores.