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Abronia elliptica
Also called Dwarf Sand Verbena, Bolack's Sand Verbena, Great Basin Sand Verbena
Abronia elliptica, the western sand-verbena or fragrant white sand-verbena, is a species in the four o'clock family native to the western United States.
Western sand-verbena is native to Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, Montana, and Nevada. In Wyoming it grows mainly in south and west, but there is a population in Big Horn County in the north.In Colorado it is found only in the westernmost counties and it only grows in the northwest of New Mexico. It is native to many parts of Utah, but only northern Arizona. The species is also found throughout eastern Nevada. Its elevation range is from 700 to 2,500 meters (2,300–8,200 ft).
Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena · Amelia's sand verbena · Wyoming sand verbena · Purple sand verbena · Snowball sand verbena · Coastal sand verbena · Largefruit sand verbena · Red sand verbena · White sand verbena · Dwarf sand verbena · Mojave sand verbena · Transmontane sand verbena
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abronia elliptica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
