Nyctaginaceae
Snowball sand verbena
Abronia fragrans
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Abronia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 香沙地馬鞭草, 香沙地马鞭草, 绣球沙马鞭, 草原绣球花, 雪球沙马鞭, 香马鞭草
- English
- Snowball sand verbena, Carleton's sand verbena
- Malayalam
- അബ്രോണിയ ഫ്രാഗ്രൻസ്
- nv
- Kʼíneedlíshiidą́ą́ʼ
Synonyms
- Abronia carletonii J.M.Coult. & Fisher
- Abronia fendleri Standl.
- Abronia fragrans var. glaucescens A.Nelson
- Abronia glaucescens (A.Nelson) Standl.
- Abronia nudata Rydb.
- Abronia robusta Standl.
- Abronia speciosa Buckley
- Abronia texana Standl.
- Abronia turbinata var. carletonii (J.M.Coult. & Fisher) M.E.Jones
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jo Roberts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patty Mitchum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JerryFriedman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: paddy_28, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Pink sand verbenaAbronia umbellataNyctaginaceae
- Coastal sand verbenaAbronia latifoliaNyctaginaceae
- Red sand verbenaAbronia maritimaNyctaginaceae
- Amelia's sand verbenaAbronia ameliaeNyctaginaceae
- Largefruit sand verbenaAbronia macrocarpaNyctaginaceae
- Mojave sand verbenaAbronia pogonanthaNyctaginaceae
- Fragrant white sand verbenaAbronia ellipticaNyctaginaceae
- White sand verbenaAbronia melliferaNyctaginaceae
- Dwarf sand verbenaAbronia nanaNyctaginaceae
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.