Whitebrush
Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 3.0 m
- wide
- 3.0 m
Verbenaceae
Formerly Aloysia famatinensis, Aloysia floribunda, Aloysia lycioides, Aloysia mizquensis, and 5 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
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Arizona to Texas, Mexico, Brazil to N. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
- Height
- 3.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 3.0 mRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Flowers
- WhiteRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 2.0
- 3D model: Aloysia gratissima (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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