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| image_caption = Yellow Sand Verbena (''Abronia latifolia'')
 
| image_caption = Yellow Sand Verbena (''Abronia latifolia'')
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[[Image:Sand verbena.jpg|thumb|''Abronia villosa'']]
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ABRONIA (from Greek abros, delicate, referring to the involucre). Nyctaginaceae. Sand Verbena. Trailing and upright annuals or perennials, with fragrant verbena-like flowers, suitable for baskets, rockeries or the open border.
  
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'''''Abronia''''', the sand-verbena, is a [[genus]] of about 35-40 [[species]] of [[Annual plant|annual]] or [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous]] plants in the family [[Nyctaginaceae]]. Despite the common name, they are not related to the [[vervain]]s (''Verbena'', family [[Verbenaceae]]).
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Herbs, often viscid: leaves opposite from swollen nodes, unequal, petioled and entire: flowers 1 to many in a bracted peduncled head, small, salver-form, red, yellow or white, showy in mass, fragrant; stamens mostly 5, unequal, joined to the corolla-tube and included within it; calyx tubular and corolla-like, 4-5-lobed, the base persistent over the 1-seeded ovary or fr. About 30 species in Amer.
  
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They are native to western [[North America]], from [[Yellowstone National Park]], [[Wyoming]] south to west [[Texas]], [[California]] and northern [[Mexico]], growing on dry [[sand]]y soils.
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Abronias are garden annuals, or treated as annuals, of secondary importance. They are low or trailing plants, rising from 6 to 18 inches high and spreading widely. They are best adapted to open sunny places and light soil. ''A. umbellata'' is the common garden species, the trailing stems often reaching a length of 3 to 5 feet, and the flowers appearing all summer and fall; in mild climates, the plant volunteers from self-sown seeds. It is useful for borders and for baskets and porch-boxes, when a change or variety is wanted from the use of verbenas. Under glass, the plant is nearly perennial.}}
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They make very attractive garden plants for hot, dry sandy sites.
 
  
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Propagation is by seeds, sown in open ground after frost, or sown in late summer or early fall in mild climates. For early and continuous summer bloom, seeds may be sown in pots of sandy earth the previous autumn and wintered in a frame. Peel off the husk (calyx) before sowing.{{SCH}}
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==Species==
 
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*''[[Abronia alpina]]''
 
*''[[Abronia alpina]]''
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*''[[Abronia bolackii]]''
 
*''[[Abronia bolackii]]''
 
*''[[Abronia carletonii]]''
 
*''[[Abronia carletonii]]''
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*''[[Abronia cruxmaltae]]''
 
*''[[Abronia cycloptera]]''
 
*''[[Abronia cycloptera]]''
 
*''[[Abronia elliptica]]''
 
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*''[[Abronia nana]]''
 
*''[[Abronia nana]]''
 
*''[[Abronia pogonantha]]''
 
*''[[Abronia pogonantha]]''
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*''[[Abronia puchella]]''
 
*''[[Abronia turbinata]]''
 
*''[[Abronia turbinata]]''
 
*''[[Abronia umbellata]]''
 
*''[[Abronia umbellata]]''
 
*''[[Abronia villosa]]''
 
*''[[Abronia villosa]]''
  
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The stout, sweet root of ''[[Abronia fragrans]]'' and ''[[Abronia latifolia]]'', sometimes over 60 cm long, can be eaten as a [[root vegetable]].
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Image:Sand verbena.jpg|''Abronia villosa''
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Image:Abronia ameliae 1.jpg|''Abronia ameliae''
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==References==
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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  -->
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* Galloway, LA. 1976. Systematics of the North American desert species of ''Abronia'' and ''Tripterocalyx'' (Nyctaginaceae). ''Brittonia'' 27 (4): 328-347 (1975 publ. 1976)
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* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=100040 Flora of North America: ''Abronia'']
 
  
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Revision as of 18:06, 1 April 2009


Yellow Sand Verbena (Abronia latifolia)


Plant Characteristics
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Read about Abronia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

ABRONIA (from Greek abros, delicate, referring to the involucre). Nyctaginaceae. Sand Verbena. Trailing and upright annuals or perennials, with fragrant verbena-like flowers, suitable for baskets, rockeries or the open border.

Herbs, often viscid: leaves opposite from swollen nodes, unequal, petioled and entire: flowers 1 to many in a bracted peduncled head, small, salver-form, red, yellow or white, showy in mass, fragrant; stamens mostly 5, unequal, joined to the corolla-tube and included within it; calyx tubular and corolla-like, 4-5-lobed, the base persistent over the 1-seeded ovary or fr. About 30 species in Amer.

Abronias are garden annuals, or treated as annuals, of secondary importance. They are low or trailing plants, rising from 6 to 18 inches high and spreading widely. They are best adapted to open sunny places and light soil. A. umbellata is the common garden species, the trailing stems often reaching a length of 3 to 5 feet, and the flowers appearing all summer and fall; in mild climates, the plant volunteers from self-sown seeds. It is useful for borders and for baskets and porch-boxes, when a change or variety is wanted from the use of verbenas. Under glass, the plant is nearly perennial.

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Cultivation

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Propagation

Propagation is by seeds, sown in open ground after frost, or sown in late summer or early fall in mild climates. For early and continuous summer bloom, seeds may be sown in pots of sandy earth the previous autumn and wintered in a frame. Peel off the husk (calyx) before sowing.CH

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Species

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Gallery

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  • Abronia villosa

  • Abronia ameliae

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