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White sand verbena

Abronia mellifera

White sand verbena
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Nyctaginaceae (Nyctagin family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Washington to N. Utah
Climate
temperate

About

Abronia mellifera, the white sand verbena, is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the Nyctaginaceae family. It is endemic to the northwestern United States.

Where it grows

Abronia mellifera is endemic to the Northwestern United States (Idaho, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington, and Utah). It is found in grasslands, sandy soils, and cold desert scrub at elevations of 100–2,000 m (330–6,560 ft) above sea level.

Other Abronia plants

Ramshaw Meadows sand verbena · Amelia's sand verbena · Wyoming sand verbena · Purple sand verbena · Fragrant white sand verbena · Snowball sand verbena · Coastal sand verbena · Largefruit sand verbena · Red sand verbena · Dwarf sand verbena · Mojave sand verbena · Transmontane sand verbena

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abronia mellifera 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.

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