Pink Sand Verbena
(Beach Sand Verbena)

Abronia umbellata

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. 

Native to coastal strand in Western North America

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