Nyctaginaceae
Mojave sand verbena
Abronia pogonantha
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Genus
- Abronia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mojave sand verbena
Synonyms
- Abronia angulata M.E.Jones
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: My-Lan Le, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Angel Gonzalez Moya, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Melanie Davis, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dan Horowitz, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cricket Raspet, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, 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.