Lemon verbena
লেবু ভারবেনা
Aloysia citrodora Paláu
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 2.5 m
- wide
- —
Verbenaceae
Also called Lemon Bee-brush, Lemon Verbena, Lemon Beebrush
Formerly Aloysia sleumeri, Cordia microcephala, Lippia citrodora, Lithocardium microcephalum, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- S. Bolivia to NW. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 2.0 m to 3.0 mRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, purpleRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -10 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, spread, water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- French
- Verveine citronnelle, Verveine odorante
- Chinese
- 柠檬橙香木, 柠檬马鞭草
- Bangla
- লেবু ভারবেনা
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Aloysia citrodora (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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