Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima
(Beebrush)
Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima, Click Road southwest of Llano, Llano Co. 3053
Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima, San Angelo State Park, Tom Green Co. 1170
Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima, El Solitario, Big Bend Ranch State Park 3958
Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima, Click Road southwest of Llano, Llano Co. 3037
Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima, San Angelo State Park, Tom Green Co. 1174
Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima, Click Road southwest of Llano, Llano Co. 3046
| Scientific Name | Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ALGRG |
| Common Name | Beebrush, Whitebrush | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 182258 |
| Family | Verbenaceae (Verbena) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Dry sandy, limestone or granitic soils, rocky slopes, outcrops, limestone bluffs, and dry washes. Plant: Densely-branched shrub 3 to 9 feet tall, older branches gray, younger reddish with fine grayish-white pubescent hairs. Leaves: Relatively narrow (compared to g. var. schulziae)oblong, elliptic or lanceolate-oblong 1/4 to 1 inch long and up to 1/4-inch wide on short petioles; leaf axils often with fascicles (bundles) of younger leaves; margins usually entire; upper surfaces without impressed veins, lower are gray with appressed hairs; tips pointed or rounded. Inflorescence: Many small white blossoms, each 1/8 to 3/16-inch wide in leafy panicles of many slender, elongated spike-like racemes, 3/4 to 2-1/2 inches long growing from leaf axils; 4-lobed corollas are white, sometimes with a purplish tinge and with sparse hairs on the outside of the corolla tube. Bloom Period: March to November. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Flowering Plants of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas” by Powell and Worthington, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist and SEINet |
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Texas Status: Native |
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