NOUN | plant | Abronia villosa, desert sand verbena | soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers |
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Meaning | soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico. | |
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Synonym | desert sand verbena | |
Broader | sand verbena | Any of various plants of the genus Abronia of western North America and Mexico having flowers resembling verbena |
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