sand verbena
noun
: any of various western North American trailing or low-growing herbs (genus Abronia) of the four-o'clock family with flowers like the verbena
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Head to higher elevations above 2,000 feet where there is more moisture to see slopes brightened with desert lily, sand verbena and flowering Orcutt’s woody aster.
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Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
The pleasant scent of the wildflowers is surprising, particularly what looked like a pale purple sand verbena near Ashford Mill Ruins.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
The park is known for native florals like desert sand verbena, dune evening primrose, and phacelia, all of which come out in droves after the winter rains.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026
Yet this spring, after an unusually rainy 2025, the desert is showing a side of itself few expect: colorful, vibrant, and breathtakingly alive
Swathes of Death Valley are now carpeted with golden desert gold, violet sand verbena, brown-eyed primrose, and bursts of grape soda lupine.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026
At Anza-Borrego, visitors are already spotting desert sand verbena, primroses, desert sunflowers, apricot mallow, and even desert lilies along Henderson Canyon Road, Borrego Palm Canyon, and Coyote Canyon.
—James Ward, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Visitors are spotting desert sand verbena, primroses, desert sunflowers, apricot mallow, and desert lilies at Anza-Borrego.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
Visitors can find various type of wildflowers such as sand verbena and brown-eyed primrose, along Henderson Canyon Road, Coyote Canyon and Borrego Palm Canyon, according to the state park.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
The pleasant scent of the wildflowers is surprising, particularly what looked like a pale purple sand verbena near Ashford Mill Ruins.
—Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 16 Mar. 2026
The park is known for native florals like desert sand verbena, dune evening primrose, and phacelia, all of which come out in droves after the winter rains.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026
Yet this spring, after an unusually rainy 2025, the desert is showing a side of itself few expect: colorful, vibrant, and breathtakingly alive
Swathes of Death Valley are now carpeted with golden desert gold, violet sand verbena, brown-eyed primrose, and bursts of grape soda lupine.
—Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Mar. 2026
At Anza-Borrego, visitors are already spotting desert sand verbena, primroses, desert sunflowers, apricot mallow, and even desert lilies along Henderson Canyon Road, Borrego Palm Canyon, and Coyote Canyon.
—James Ward, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
Visitors are spotting desert sand verbena, primroses, desert sunflowers, apricot mallow, and desert lilies at Anza-Borrego.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 28 Jan. 2026
Visitors can find various type of wildflowers such as sand verbena and brown-eyed primrose, along Henderson Canyon Road, Coyote Canyon and Borrego Palm Canyon, according to the state park.
—Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Sand verbena.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sand%20verbena. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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