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Abronia umbellata
I found this pink sand verbena blooming trail side in Torrey Pines State Park. The pink color in contrast with the beige sand is eye catching.
From the UCI website A prostrate perennial with succulent leaves (but thinner than in A. maritima), found as a carpet-like ground cover on beaches and sand dunes from British Columbia, Canada to Baja California, Mexico. It has no petals but instead 5 showy pink tubular calyx lobes which are flared at the ends and deeply cleft. There are three stamens and one pistil within the flower tube.
Spotted on Apr 8, 2012
Submitted on Apr 14, 2012
