Abronia latifolia

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Nyctaginaceae
Tribus: Nyctagineae
Genus: Abronia
Species: Abronia latifolia
Name

Abronia latifolia Eschsch., 1826
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Abronia arenaria Menzies ex Hook. in Exot. Fl. 3: t. 193 (1826)
Tricratus arenarius (Menzies ex Hook.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 53 (1827)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental:Notthern America
Regional: Canada
British Columbia
Regional: Western USA
California, Oregon, Washington

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Eschsch., 1826. Mémoires de l'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg. Avec l'Histoire de l'Academie. St. Petersburg 10:281.

Additional references

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Abronia latifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Abronia latifolia. Published online. Accessed: July 29 2024. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Abronia latifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 29. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2024. Abronia latifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 July 2024.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Abronia latifolia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names
English: Coastal Sand Verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena

The perennial flower Abronia latifolia or Abronia arenaria[3] is a species of sand-verbena known commonly as the coastal sand-verbena, or yellow sand-verbena. It is native to the west coast of North America, from southern California to southern British Columbia.[4][5][6] In Canada, it is at risk of becoming extirpated, threatened, or endangered.[7]
Close up of Abronia latifolia leaf demonstrating psammophory

The plant bears attractive neatly rounded heads of small, bright golden flowers. The individual flowers have no petals; rather, they are composed of yellow bracts forming a trumpet-shaped calyx about the stamens. It bears a small, winged fruit. The plant grows in succulent mats on sand or other coastal substrate. The roots are stout, fusiform and often several feet long. These roots are edible, traditionally eaten by the Chinookan peoples.[3] This plant is seen exhibiting psammophory, a method by which plants save themselves from herbivores by attracting sand to their body making them difficult to be eaten.[8] It needs salt water, not fresh water, and will not tolerate extreme drought.[9]
References

"NatureServe Explorer - Abronia latifolia". NatureServe Explorer Abronia latifolia. NatureServe. 2022-05-30. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
"Abronia latifolia Eschsch". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
Sturtevant, Edward (1919). Sturtevant's notes on edible plants. Albany: J.B. Lyon company, State printers. p. 17.
"E-Flora BC Atlas Page". linnet.geog.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
"Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria Search Results". www.pnwherbaria.org. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
Schmid, Rudolf; Kartesz, John T. "A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland". Taxon. 43 (3): 515. doi:10.2307/1222748. ISSN 0040-0262.
"BC Conservation Data Centre: Conservation Status Report | Abronia latifolia". a100.gov.bc.ca. Retrieved 2024-06-16.
"Sand Armor".

"Sand Verbena, Abronia latifolia". calscape.org. Retrieved 2020-02-13.

Sources

Munz, Philip A. (2003). Introduction to Shore Wildflowers of California, Oregon, and Washington. Berkeley: University of California Press.