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{{SPlantbox
| color = lightgreen
|familia=Nyctaginaceae
| name = Pink sand verbena
|genus=Abronia
| image =
|species=umbellata
| image_width = 240px
|common_name=Beach sand verbena
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
|habit=herbaceous
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
|Max ht box=36
| familia = [[Nyctaginaceae]]
|Max ht metric=in
| genus = ''[[Abronia (plant)|Abronia]]''
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
| species = '''''A. umbellata'''''
|Min wd box=8
| binomial = ''Abronia umbellata''
|Min wd metric=in
| binomial_authority = [[Lam.]]
|Max wd box=36
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=red, pink
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=8
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=10
|image=Abronia umbellata.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_caption=Pink sand verbena
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'''''Abronia umbellata''''' ('''Pink sand verbena''') is a flowering and [[ornamental plant]] native to the western [[United States]]. Other common names include '''Beach Sand Verbena''' and '''Purple Sand Verbena'''. ''Abronia umbellata'' is a prostrate perennial with thick, succulent leaves (leaves occur few to many and are slender, [[glabrous]] to [[glandular]], [[opposite]], [[Leaf shape|ovate]] to diamond-shape with [[Plant stem|stems]] as long as leaf blades, stems are often hairy) and pink to purple colored [[flowers]] with white centers. 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 the [[North America]] from [[British Columbia, Canada]] to [[Baja California]], [[Mexico]]. Sand Verbena is typically found on beaches and sand dunes blooming throughout most of the year. Flowers occur in clusters subtended by 5-8 lanceolate bracts. The flowers do not have [[petals]], but the [[Sepal|calyx]] lobes are cleft giving the appearance of 10-16 petals. The limbs of the [[perianth]] is bright colored sometimes to purplish magenta and the tube can be green or red but always-glandular [[pubescent]]. The tube includes one pistil and three stamens.
'''''Abronia umbellata''''' ('''Pink sand verbena''') is an [[ornamental plant]] native to the [[United States]].
''A. umbellata'' frequently hybridizes with other species of ''Abronia'', including ''[[Abronia maritima]]''. Its flower is fragrant at night and attracts moths. The foliage can be deciduous based on environmental stress. This plant is sometimes used in California in native plant gardening<ref>{{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition).] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}</ref>.
{{Inc|umbellata. (syn. Tricratus admirabilis, A. rosea.) Perennial: similar in habit and pubescence to the above, but lvs. stalked, the blade ovate, acute at both ends: fls. pink, about 1/2 in. May, June. Calif, seacoasts to Columbia.}}
:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Abronia|genus page]].''
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==References==
==References==
* {{cite book | author=[[L. H. Bailey|Bailey, L. H.]] | title=[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/9550 Manual of Gardening (Second Edition).] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
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<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ABUM USDA Plants Profile: ''Abronia umbellata'']
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