Aloysia polygalifolia
Common Bee-Brush
Aloysia gratissima
(Gillies & Hook.) Tronc. Species
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- Botanical name
- Aloysia gratissima
- Also known as
- Common Bee-Brush, Whitebrush
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Aloysia
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Bee-Brush
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Aloysia gratissima but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aloysia famatinensis
Aloysia floribunda
Aloysia gratissima f. macrophylla
Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima
Aloysia gratissima var. paraguariensis
Aloysia ligustrina var. paraguariensis
Aloysia ligustrina var. schulzii
Aloysia lycioides
Aloysia lycioides var. paraguariensis
Aloysia lycioides var. schulziana
Aloysia lycioides var. schulzii
Aloysia mizquensis
Lantana virgata
Lippia gratissima
Lippia gratissima var. schulziae
Lippia gratissima var. schulzii
Lippia ligustrina var. lasiodonta
Lippia ligustrina var. paraguariensis
Lippia ligustrina var. schulzii
Lippia lycioides
Verbena gratissima
Verbena integerrima
Others in Aloysia
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