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n. - Genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers.

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  • Sandstone-derived soils near Coalinga support a number of disjunct populations of desert species, including Mojave sand verbena (Abronia pogonatha) and narrowleaf...
  • There are specialists in loose sand such as dune evening primrose (Oenothera deltoides) and sand verbena (Abronia villosa), and others are restricted to rocky soils,...
  • Coastal dunes found around Laguna Ojo de Liebre form an unstable vegetation community, but are dominated by the presence Abronia carterae (Q), Lycium californicum (IK),...
  • Pink Sand-verbena (Abronia umbellata breviflora) in typical upper beach habitat.
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