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| name = ''Abronia villosa''
|familia=Nyctaginaceae
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|genus=Abronia
| growth_habit = <!--- tree, shrub, herbaceous, vine, etc -->
|species=villosa
| high = <!--- 1m (3 ft) -->
|taxo_author=S.Wats.
| wide = <!--- 65cm (25 inches) -->
|common_name=Sand verbena
| origin = <!--- Mexico, S America, S Europe, garden, etc -->
|habit=herbaceous
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|Max ht box=2
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|Min wd box=4
| water = <!--- frequent, regular, moderate, drought tolerant, let dry then soak -->
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| features = <!--- flowers, fragrance, fruit, naturalizes, invasive -->
|Max wd box=6
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|lifespan=annual
|exposure=sun
|water=moderate, less when dormant
| color = IndianRed
|features=flowers, fragrance
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|flowers=purple, pink
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|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Abronia villosa WPC.jpg
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'''''Abronia villosa''''' is a species of [[Abronia (plant)|sand-verbena]] known by the common name '''desert sand-verbena'''. It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico and the southern California and Baja coast. It is a short, hairy annual wildflower which grows in creeping prostrate masses along the ground. It has oval-shaped dull green leaves and many [[Peduncle (botany)|peduncles]] bearing rounded [[inflorescence]]s of bright magenta or purplish-pink flowers. It grows in the sand of the deserts and coastlines.It has a very sweet Fragrance, and is also very sticky. They usually grow between February and May.
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Perennial: smaller and slenderer than ''[[Abronia umbellata]]'' and covered with a glandular-villous pubescence: leaves rarely 1 in. long: flowers 5-15 in a cluster, rose. Calif., Utah.—Well suited to sandy and dry situations.}}
Perennial: smaller and slenderer than ''[[Abronia umbellata]]'' and covered with a glandular-villous pubescence: leaves rarely 1 in. long: flowers 5-15 in a cluster, rose. Calif., Utah.—Well suited to sandy and dry situations.}}
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