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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Abronia''
| image = Abronia latifolia.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Yellow Sand Verbena (''Abronia latifolia'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Nyctaginaceae]]
| genus = '''''Abronia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]
| subdivision_ranks = species
| subdivision = See text
}}
[[Image:Sand verbena.jpg|thumb|''Abronia villosa'']]
[[Image:Abronia ameliae 1.jpg|thumb|''Abronia ameliae'']]
'''''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]]).
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.
They make very attractive garden plants for hot, dry sandy sites.
;Selected species
*''[[Abronia alpina]]''
*''[[Abronia ameliae]]''
*''[[Abronia ammophila]]''
*''[[Abronia angustifolia]]''
*''[[Abronia argillosa]]''
*''[[Abronia bigelovii]]''
*''[[Abronia bolackii]]''
*''[[Abronia carletonii]]''
*''[[Abronia cycloptera]]''
*''[[Abronia elliptica]]''
*''[[Abronia fragrans]]''
*''[[Abronia latifolia]]''
*''[[Abronia macrocarpa]]''
*''[[Abronia maritima]]''
*''[[Abronia mellifera]]''
*''[[Abronia nana]]''
*''[[Abronia pogonantha]]''
*''[[Abronia turbinata]]''
*''[[Abronia umbellata]]''
*''[[Abronia villosa]]''
===Cultivation and uses===
The stout, sweet root of ''[[Abronia fragrans]]'' and ''[[Abronia latifolia]]'', sometimes over 60 cm long, can be eaten as a [[root vegetable]].
==References and external links==
* Galloway, LA. 1976. Systematics of the North American desert species of ''Abronia'' and ''Tripterocalyx'' (Nyctaginaceae). ''Brittonia'' 27 (4): 328-347 (1975 publ. 1976)
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=100040 Flora of North America: ''Abronia'']
[[Category:Nyctaginaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of South Pacific Region of North America]]
[[Category:Flora of the Lower Colorado River Valley]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Abronia''
| image = Abronia latifolia.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = Yellow Sand Verbena (''Abronia latifolia'')
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Caryophyllales]]
| familia = [[Nyctaginaceae]]
| genus = '''''Abronia'''''
| genus_authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]]
| subdivision_ranks = species
| subdivision = See text
}}
[[Image:Sand verbena.jpg|thumb|''Abronia villosa'']]
[[Image:Abronia ameliae 1.jpg|thumb|''Abronia ameliae'']]
'''''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]]).
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.
They make very attractive garden plants for hot, dry sandy sites.
;Selected species
*''[[Abronia alpina]]''
*''[[Abronia ameliae]]''
*''[[Abronia ammophila]]''
*''[[Abronia angustifolia]]''
*''[[Abronia argillosa]]''
*''[[Abronia bigelovii]]''
*''[[Abronia bolackii]]''
*''[[Abronia carletonii]]''
*''[[Abronia cycloptera]]''
*''[[Abronia elliptica]]''
*''[[Abronia fragrans]]''
*''[[Abronia latifolia]]''
*''[[Abronia macrocarpa]]''
*''[[Abronia maritima]]''
*''[[Abronia mellifera]]''
*''[[Abronia nana]]''
*''[[Abronia pogonantha]]''
*''[[Abronia turbinata]]''
*''[[Abronia umbellata]]''
*''[[Abronia villosa]]''
===Cultivation and uses===
The stout, sweet root of ''[[Abronia fragrans]]'' and ''[[Abronia latifolia]]'', sometimes over 60 cm long, can be eaten as a [[root vegetable]].
==References and external links==
* Galloway, LA. 1976. Systematics of the North American desert species of ''Abronia'' and ''Tripterocalyx'' (Nyctaginaceae). ''Brittonia'' 27 (4): 328-347 (1975 publ. 1976)
* [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=100040 Flora of North America: ''Abronia'']
[[Category:Nyctaginaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of South Pacific Region of North America]]
[[Category:Flora of the Lower Colorado River Valley]]