Nyctaginaceae
Fragrant white sand verbena
Abronia elliptica
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Abronia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 白花香沙地馬鞭草, 白花香沙地马鞭草
- English
- Fragrant white sand verbena
Synonyms
- Abronia bakeri Greene
- Abronia fallax Heimerl ex Rydb.
- Abronia fragrans f. elliptica (A.Nelson) Heimerl
- Abronia fragrans var. elliptica (A.Nelson) M.E.Jones
- Abronia fragrans var. pterocarpa M.E.Jones
- Abronia glabra Rydb.
- Abronia glabrifolia Standl.
- Abronia pumila Rydb.
- Abronia ramosa Standl.
- Abronia salsa Rydb.
- Abronia sparsifolia Standl.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Mary Winter, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sokoloff PC, Murray DA, McBeth SR.M, Irvine MG, Rupert SM, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: aspidoscelis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.