[The Four O'clock Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena

Abronia latifolia

Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Yellow sandverbena blooming on loose sands on Bay Ocean Spit, Tillamook County, Orego.........June 19, 2014.

Inflorescence of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Inflorescence of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Habitat of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Habitat of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Yellow sandverbena blooming on loose sands on Bay Ocean Spit, Tillamook County, Orego.........June 19, 2014.

Leaves of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Leaves of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Close-up photos of the creeping stem of yellow sandverbena on loose sands of the upper beach at Seaside, OR..........May 21, 2009. Note the gland-tipped hairs on the leaf surface which have trapped sand grains on the leaves.

Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Yellow sandverbena as seen on the foredune at Pacific Pines State Park, Long Beach Penninsula, Washington coast..........July 31, 2015.

Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Inflorescence of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Inflorescence of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Inflorescence of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Yellow sandverbena as seen on the upper beach between Netarts and Oceanside, OR..........August 18, 2016.

Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Yellow sandverbena as seen at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area on the Oregon coast........August 19, 2018.

Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia - Habitat of Coastal Sandverbena, Yellow Sandverbena, Yellow Sand-verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena: Abronia latifolia

Yellow sandverbena growing at left above the high tide line amongst the first beach grasses on the ocean side of Bay Ocean Spit, Tillamook County, Oregon..........April 27, 2015. The photo at right shows yellow sandverbena in a similar habitat high on the beach at Sitka Sedge State Natural Area........April 20, 2019.
Paul Slichter