Nyctaginaceae
Red sand verbena
Abronia maritima
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Abronia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Red sand verbena
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 318 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Rupert Clayton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Adam J. Searcy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bonnie Semmling, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mel letterman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: chung eun, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tyrrhium, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Abronia
- Desert sand verbenaAbronia villosaNyctaginaceae
- Wyoming sand verbenaAbronia ammophilaNyctaginaceae
- Ramshaw Meadows sand verbenaAbronia alpinaNyctaginaceae
- Snowball sand verbenaAbronia fragransNyctaginaceae
- Pink sand verbenaAbronia umbellataNyctaginaceae
- Coastal sand verbenaAbronia latifoliaNyctaginaceae
- 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 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.