Snowball Sand Verbena
Abronia fragrans
Snowball sand verbena is a sprawling Great Plains perennial whose rounded clusters of fragrant white trumpet flowers open in the evening to draw hawkmoths. A drought-proof native for deep, sandy soils.
- Family
- Nyctaginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, alkaline, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CO, KS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY