Aloysia gratissima
Verbenaceae FAMILY

Aloysia gratissima

Aloysia gratissima

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Whitebrush is an aromatic, evergreen shrub growing up to 3 metres tall. The plant is occasionally gathered from the wild for local medicinal use[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. ], and is cultivated in Argentina for stabilizing sand dunes[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeSouthwest N. America - Arizona to Mexico. S. America - Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia
HabitatSandy desert soils.