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Abronia fragrans, sweet sand-verbena, is an herbaceous perennial with an upright or sprawling growth habit, reaching 8–40 inches (about 20–102 cm). [3] It grows from a taproot with sticky, hairy stems growing from 7.1 inches to 3.3 feet (18–100 cm) long.
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.
Verbena bipinnatifida is an herbaceous or semi-woody perennial. [4] It produces pink or purple flowers primarily in the spring, but can bloom anytime throughout the growing season. [ 5 ] Its leaves are finely dissected, into segments that are 1–4 mm wide.
Verbena oblaetia Retz. Verbena rubra Salisb. Verbena canadensis (syn. Glandularia canadensis ), commonly known as rose mock vervain , [ 2 ] rose verbena , [ 3 ] clump verbena [ 4 ] or rose vervain [ 5 ] is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the verbena family ( Verbenaceae ) with showy pink to purple flowers..
The Verbenaceae (/ ˌ v ɜːr b ə ˈ n eɪ s i. iː / VUR-bə-NAY-see-ee), the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs, and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell. [2] The family Verbenaceae includes 32 genera and ...
The perennial flower Abronia latifolia or Abronia arenaria [3] is a species of sand-verbena known commonly as the coastal sand-verbena, or yellow sand-verbena. It is native to the west coast of North America, from southern California to southern British Columbia. [4] [5] [6] In Canada, it is at risk of becoming extirpated, threatened, or ...
One of the most famous zarzuela (Spanish operetta) pieces in the género chico ("smaller genre") is La Verbena de la Paloma ("The Fair of the Dove"), set at a verbena on the night of the Virgin of the Paloma, August 14; [4] it was also made into a 1963 movie. [5] There is a 1939 film called Verbena Tragica (also known as Tragic Festival).
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.