| abronia | (n) genus of western North American herbs having showy flowers, Syn. genus Abronia |
| beach pancake | (n) plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to Mexico, Syn. Abronia maritima |
| beach sand verbena | (n) prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found in coastal dunes from British Columbia to Baja California, Syn. Abronia umbellata, pink sand verbena |
| desert sand verbena | (n) soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers; found in sandy desert soil; after ample rains may carpet miles of desert with pink from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico, Syn. Abronia villosa |
| snowball | (n) plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions, Syn. Abronia elliptica, sweet sand verbena |
| sweet sand verbena | (n) taller than Abronia elliptica and having night-blooming flowers, Syn. Abronia fragrans |
| yellow sand verbena | (n) plant having hemispherical heads of yellow trumpet-shaped flowers; found in coastal dunes from California to British Columbia, Syn. Abronia latifolia |