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Accession Data:

Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) Troncoso

  • Common Name: Whitebrush, Bee-brush
  • Family: Verbenaceae J. St-Hil.

  • Country of Origin: Arizona to Texas, Mexico, Brazil to N. Argentina
  • Habitat: Rocky outcrops; desert grasslands; bluffs; open woods

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201400153
  • Source: Dave Wagner
  • Provenance: TX: Boerne, Clear Creek Circle
  • Accession Date: 05-23-2014
  • Bench: 2209 - XER:Mohave/Great Basin
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-20-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Lamiales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Verbenaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe: Lantaneae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Arizona / New Mexico / Texas / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest / Bolivia / Brazil Southeast / Brazil South / Argentina Northeast / Argentina Northwest / Paraguay / Uruguay

References (external):

  1. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Accessed 23 May 2014
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 23 May 2014
  3. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 March 2015.

data regenerated on Sun, 20 Apr 2025 11:03:08 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Aloysia gratissima

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Current Accessions in the Verbenaceae

Subfamily
Tribe Duranteae

  • Duranta stenostachya

Subfamily
Tribe Lantaneae

  • Aloysia gratissima W/C
  • Lantana camara
  • Lantana montevidensis
  • Phyla scaberrima

Subfamily
Tribe Petreae

  • Petrea volubilis
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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