Snowball Sand Verbena (Abronia fragrans)
Snowball Sand Verbena in its native habitat, Samalayuca dune field, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Photograph by Wynn Anderson.
Flowers and fruit, Samalayuca dune field, Chihuahua, Mexico. Photographs by Wynn Anderson.
Geographic Range: widespread in deep sandy soils, from Montana southeast to eastern Arizona,
southern New Mexico (White Sands), El Paso Co. Texas and the Samalayuca dune field south of Juarez
in Chihuahua, Mexico. plants seldom commercially available but it may be seeded on well-draining
sandy soil in full sun
- Common English Names: Snowball, Sweet Sand Verbena
- Common Spanish Names: None known
- Scientific Name: Abronia fragrans (uh-BRO-nee-uh FRAY-grans)
- Family: Nyctaginaceae (Four O'clock Family)
- Geographic Range: Widespread in deep sandy soils, from Montana southwest to
eastern Arizona, southern New Mexico (White Sands), El Paso Co. Texas, and the Samalayuca dune
field south of Juárez in Chihuahua, Mexico.
- Description: Stout, usually erect, herbaceous perennial with round umbels of
sweetly fragrant, white to pinkish flowers. Perennial, 3' x 3', to 15' when
blooming.
- Landscape Usage: Plants seldom commercially available, but it may be seeded on
well-draining sandy soil in full sun.
Last Update: 18 Sep 2013
