Mazhar Botanic Garden

Aloysia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc.

Whitebrush

Sample code: EGY-MBG-001226
Common name: Whitebrush
English name: Bee brush
Arabic name: الويزا
Native: Arizona, Mexico, Texas, Brazil, Argentina
Country: Argentina Arizona Brazil Mexico Paraguay Uruguay

Evergreen shrub 2-3 m tall bark-gray white leaves small, elliptical to lanceolate flowers fragrant, small white in spike -like fruit dry schizocarpic, containing a single seed

ornamental shrub. Used for stabilizing sand dunes. provides a food source for widelife.

Lippia gratissima (Gillies & Hook) LD Benson

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Texture: Chalk Clay Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Low
Water Sources: Drought-tolerant plant
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun Light shade
Propagation: Stem cuttings
Flowering time: Spring, summer
pH range: 5.5-7.0
Status: Rare
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Evergreen Shrub
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Wild habitat
Plant Uses: Ornamental Traditional medicine
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Tropical evergreen forest
pH: Mild acid Neutral

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