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Definition of Sand verbena
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena.
Group relationships: Abronia, Genus Abronia
Specialized synonyms: Abronia Elliptica, Snowball, Sweet Sand Verbena, Abronia Fragrans, Sweet Sand Verbena, Abronia Latifolia, Yellow Sand Verbena, Abronia Maritima, Beach Pancake, Abronia Umbellata, Beach Sand Verbena, Pink Sand Verbena, Abronia Villosa, Desert Sand Verbena
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Verbena
Literary usage of Sand verbena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"COMMON SAND-VERBENA. Stems slender, prostrate, viscid, 1 to 3 ft. long; leaves
nearly ... YELLOW SAND-VERBENA. Stems stout, 1 to 2 ft. long. prostrate, ..."
2. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"YELLOW SAND-VERBENA. Abronia latifolia, Esch. Four-o'clock Family. ... The fragrant
blossoms of the yellow sand-verbena may be found upon the beach at ..."
3. A Popular California Flora: Or, Manual of Botany for Beginners ... : to by Volney Rattan (1888)
"(Pink Sand-Verbena.) Annual; stems decumbent, leaves oblong or ovate, ... (Red
Sand-Verbena.) Stouter than the last; leaves broader with shorter petioles; ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... of the yellow sand-verbena (Abronia) and others, arc- evidence of efforts on
their part to store such water as may fall upon them, in the cells of their ..."
5. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1911)
"COMMON SAND-VERBENA. Stems slender, prostrate, viscid, 1 to 3 ft. long; leaves
nearly ... YELLOW SAND-VERBENA. Stems stout, 1 to 2 ft. long. prostrate, ..."
6. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"YELLOW SAND-VERBENA. Abronia latifolia, Esch. Four-o'clock Family. ... The fragrant
blossoms of the yellow sand-verbena may be found upon the beach at ..."
7. A Popular California Flora: Or, Manual of Botany for Beginners ... : to by Volney Rattan (1888)
"(Pink Sand-Verbena.) Annual; stems decumbent, leaves oblong or ovate, ... (Red
Sand-Verbena.) Stouter than the last; leaves broader with shorter petioles; ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... of the yellow sand-verbena (Abronia) and others, arc- evidence of efforts on
their part to store such water as may fall upon them, in the cells of their ..."
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