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| name = ''Abronia umbellata''
| name = Pink sand verbena
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| common_names = Pink sand verbena
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| familia = [[Nyctaginaceae]]
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| exposure =    <!--- full sun, part-sun, semi-shade, shade, indoors, bright filtered (you may list more than 1) -->
| genus = ''[[Abronia (plant)|Abronia]]''
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| species = '''''A. umbellata'''''
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| binomial = ''Abronia umbellata''
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| regnum = Plantae
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| divisio = Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| familia = Nyctaginaceae
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| genus = Abronia
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| species = umbellata
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{{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.}}
  
'''''Abronia umbellata''''' ('''Pink sand verbena''') is an [[ornamental plant]] native to the [[United States]].
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Var. grandiflora has larger fls. and lvs.{{SCH}}
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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  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- 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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Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Nyctaginaceae >

Abronia >

umbellata >



Read about Abronia umbellata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

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.

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More information about this species can be found on the genus page.

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