sand verbena
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sand verbena
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In wet winters, the valleys beyond town awaken in color as sand verbena, desert sunflower, evening primrose and pincushion gather in brief, luminous blooms across the desert floor.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
Head to higher elevations above 2,000 feet where there is more moisture to see slopes brightened with desert lily, sand verbena and flowering Orcutt’s woody aster.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
Desert gold and brown-eyed primrose are appearing near Ashford Mill, along with sand verbena and fivespot.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
The desert sunflowers, purple sand verbena and white dune evening primrose were spectacular.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2024
The insidiously alluring perfume of sand verbena rose like altar incense around them.
From Her Father's Daughter by Stratton-Porter, Gene
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
