Southern California has a lot of rain in winter of 2022-2023. We went to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to see wildflowers in early January. Although they have not yet fully bloomed, they are very beautiful. Abronia villosa bright magenta or purplish-pink flowers are gorgeous. We went there again in mid-March. The desert sand-verbenas were more in full bloom than in January and attracted a lot of painted lady butterflies. This short, hairy annual wildflower grows in creeping prostrate masses along the ground. It grows in the sand of the deserts and coastlines. It has a very sweet fragrance, and is also very sticky.
2022－2023南加州的冬天雨水特別多，我們一月初便想到Anza-Borrego Desert State Park看野花，雖然尚未大盛開，但是很漂亮。沙漠沙地馬鞭草明亮的洋紅色或紫粉色的花朵非常漂亮。三月中又去了一次，比一月時更盛開，吸引了不少的北美紅蛺蝶(Painted Lady Butterfly)。這種短而多毛的一年生野花，沿著地面匍匐生長。它生長在沙漠和海岸線的沙上。它有一種很甜的香味，也很粘。
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Notes 筆記
- Abronia villosa is a species of sand-verbena known by the common names desert sand-verbena and chaparral sand-verbena. It is in the four o'clock plant family (Nyctaginaceae). It is native to the deserts of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico and the southern California and Baja coast
- Abronia villosa is a short, hairy annual wildflower which grows in creeping prostrate masses along the ground. It has oval-shaped dull green leaves and many peduncles bearing rounded inflorescences of bright magenta or purplish-pink flowers. It grows in the sand of the deserts and coastlines. It has a very sweet fragrance, and is also very sticky. They usually grow between February and May.
- Abronia villosa 是沙馬鞭草的一種，俗名沙漠沙地馬鞭草和叢林沙馬鞭草。它屬於紫茉莉(four o'clock)植物科（Nyctaginaceae）。 它原產於美國西南部和墨西哥北部的沙漠以及南加州和巴哈海岸
- Abronia villosa 是一種短而多毛的一年生野花，沿著地面匍匐生長。它有橢圓形的暗綠色葉子和許多帶有亮紅色或紫粉色花朵的圓形花序的花序梗。它生長在沙漠和海岸線的沙上。它有一種很甜的香味，也很粘。它們通常在二月到五月之間生長。
References 參考資料
- Wikipedia: Abronia villosa
- California Native Plant Society (Calscape.org): Hairy Sand Verbena
- Southwest Desert Flora: Abronia villosa, Desert Sand Verbena
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