Aloysia gratissima
(Beebrush)
Aloysia gratissima, Ernst Tinaja, Big Bend National Park 2203
Aloysia gratissima, Ernst Tinaja, Big Bend National Park 4835
Aloysia gratissima, River Road, Big Bend National Park 5391
Aloysia gratissima, El Solitario, Big Bend Ranch State Park 3958
Aloysia gratissima, Click Road southwest of Llano, Llano Co. 3037
Aloysia gratissima, River Road, Big Bend National Park 5392
Aloysia gratissima, Ernst Tinaja, Big Bend National Park 4838
Aloysia gratissima, Click Road southwest of Llano, Llano Co. 3046
| Scientific Name | Aloysia gratissima | USDA PLANTS Symbol | ALGR2 |
| Common Name | Beebrush, Whitebrush | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32132 |
| 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: Elliptic to oblanceolate 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 entire or with 1 to 4 teeth on each side; 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. Bloom Period: March to November. References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill Country" by Marshall Enquist and SEINet. Note: Images 5391 and 5392 appear to be var. Schulzae because of the prominent single teeth on each edge of some leaves. |
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Texas Status: Native |
Banner photo of Castilleja indivisa and Lupinus ssp. taken along FM 1323 north of Johnson City, Blanco County
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