Top native sand verbenas
18 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Yellow Sand Verbena
Abronia latifolia
caterpillars
4
food
2
flowers
22
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Red Sand-verbena
Abronia maritima
caterpillars
4
food
1
flowers
9
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Pink Sand Verbena
Abronia umbellata
caterpillars
4
flowers
13
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Desert Sand Verbena
Abronia villosa
caterpillars
3
flowers
21
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Purple Sand Verbena
Abronia angustifolia
caterpillars
3
flowers
2
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Transmontane Sand-verbena
Abronia turbinata
caterpillars
3
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Mojave Sand Verbena
Abronia pogonantha
caterpillars
3
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Dwarf Sand Verbena
Abronia nana
caterpillars
3
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Snowball Sand Verbena
Abronia fragrans
caterpillars
2
flowers
2
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Great Basin Sand Verbena
Abronia elliptica
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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White Sand Verbena
Abronia mellifera
caterpillars
2
flowers
1
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Carleton's Sand Verbena
Abronia nealleyi
caterpillars
2
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Galisteo Sand Verbena
Abronia bigelovii
caterpillars
2
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Clay Sand Verbena
Abronia glabrifolia
caterpillars
2
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Wyoming Sand Verbena
Abronia ammophila
caterpillars
2
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Largefruit Sand Verbena
Abronia macrocarpa
caterpillars
1
flowers
4
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Amelia's Sand Verbena
Abronia ameliae
caterpillars
1
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Ramshaw Meadows Abronia
Abronia alpina