Abronia

 Nyctaginaceae

Sand verbena

©The World Botanical Associates Web Page
Prepared by Richard W. Spjut
May 2004

Note: Verbena is also a genus and common name for unrelated plants in the family Verbenaceae. 
That's why Latin names are important.  They are governed by International rules to prevent the same
name being applied to entirely unrelated species.  The verbena on this page is in the four-o'clock family.

Abronia latifolia

Wide-leaf sand-verbena
Samoa Peninsula, CA . July 2004

A common perennial of coastal California dunes.  Plants produce massive white taproots, which are rarely evident; yet, when found, they may extend to 10 meters or
more in length. 

Abronia villosa

Hairy sand-verbena
Palm Springs, CA
Spjut 15734, Mar 2004

A common annual on sand dunes
or sandy soils of low deserts.

 

Abronia villosa,
Algodones Sand Dunes, CA
Spjut 15275, May 2003

Abronia villosa
Borrego Springs, CA
Spjut 15217, Apr 2003