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Abronia
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| Other Names for this Plant |
sweet sand-verbena, snowball sand-verbena, prairie snowball, fragrant verbena
Found in Northern Arizona.
The sticky leaves are simple and opposite, up to 3.5" (8.89cm) long and 1.2" (3cm) wide, and elliptical or linear. The fruits are egg-shaped achenes about 0.1" (.25cm) long, lustrous, and black or brown. The achene is enclosed within a leathery top-shaped calyx base[3], which may or may not be winged.
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Main, Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots) |
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Real, Two First-Leaves (Dicots) |
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Half Capsule Seed Division |
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Magnolia Division |
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Multicellular Land Plants |
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Southwestern Native Americans used the plant as a wash for sores and insect bites, to treat stomachache, and as an appetite booster.
Despite the common names, they are not related to Verbena (vervains) or lantanas in the family Verbenaceae.
Unknown Desert Verbena
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Unknown Desert Verbena
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Unknown Desert Verbena
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| Comment:
Sweet Sand Verbena, Abronia fragrans |
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