sand verbenas
Abronia
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 (vervains) or lantanas in the family Verbenaceae. They are closely allied with Tripterocalyx.
They are native to western North America, from Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada, south to west Texas, California, Baja California and central Mexico, growing on dry sandy soils. Abronia macrocarpa, a Texas endemic, is protected under the Endangered Species Act. Abronia ammophila, the Yellowstone sand verbena, is a plant unique to Yellowstone National Park's lakeshores and is endemic to the park. Only a few species are widespread, and many are quite rare. They make very attractive garden plants for hot, dry sandy sites.
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Yellow Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia latifolia
desert sand verbena
speciesAbronia villosa
Pink Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia umbellata
red sand-verbena
speciesAbronia maritima
Great Basin Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia elliptica
Snowball Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia fragrans
purple sand verbena
speciesAbronia angustifolia
transmontane sand-verbena
speciesAbronia turbinata
Mojave Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia pogonantha
Dwarf sand verbena
speciesAbronia nana
White Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia mellifera
Pink × Yellow Sand Verbena Hybrid
hybridAbronia umbellata × latifolia
Beach Sand Verbena
hybridAbronia × alba
Carleton's Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia nealleyi
Amelia's Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia ameliae
Slender Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia gracilis
Galisteo Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia bigelovii
Clay Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia glabrifolia
Red × Yellow Sand Verbena Hybrid
hybridAbronia maritima × latifolia
Wyoming Sand Verbena
speciesAbronia ammophila
largefruit sand verbena
speciesAbronia macrocarpa
Ramshaw Meadows Abronia
speciesAbronia alpina
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50255.