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Definition of Abronia villosa
1. Noun. 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.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abronia Villosa
Literary usage of Abronia villosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"Abronia villosa, Wats. Four-o'clock Family. Plants with more or less glandular-villous
pubescence. Stems.-— Prostrate. Leaves.—Rarely an inch long. ..."
2. University of California Publications in Botany by University of California, Berkeley (1903)
"Abronia villosa Wats. Pink Sand-verbena. Common beneath the pines in Thomas
Valley, which it enters from the desert region. Here the flowers are large for ..."
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