Abronia

Plant Characteristics

Habit		herbaceous
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial, annual
Origin:	✈	W N America

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Water:	◍	moderate, less when dormant

Scientific Names

Nyctaginaceae >

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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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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

Pests and diseases

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Species

Selected species

• Abronia alpina
• Abronia ameliae
• Abronia ammophila
• Abronia angustifolia
• Abronia argillosa
• Abronia bigelovii
• Abronia bolackii
• Abronia carletonii
• Abronia cruxmaltae
• Abronia cycloptera
• Abronia elliptica
• Abronia fragrans
• Abronia latifolia
• Abronia macrocarpa
• Abronia maritima
• Abronia mellifera
• Abronia nana
• Abronia pogonantha
• Abronia puchella
• Abronia turbinata
• Abronia umbellata
• Abronia villosa

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  Abronia villosa

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  Abronia ameliae

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