Verbenaceae
Whitebrush
Aloysia gratissima
- Family
- Verbenaceae
- Genus
- Aloysia
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Common names
By language (4)
- Arabic
- لويزة مرضية
- arz
- لويزه مرضيه
- English
- Whitebrush
- Quechua
- Kutu-kutu
Synonyms
- Aloysia famatinensis Ravenna
- Aloysia floribunda M.Martens & Galeotti
- Aloysia gratissima f. macrophylla Moldenke
- Aloysia gratissima var. gratissima
- Aloysia gratissima var. paraguariensis (Briq.) Moldenke
- Aloysia ligustrina var. paraguariensis (Briq.) Moldenke
- Aloysia ligustrina var. schulzii (Standl.) Moldenke
- Aloysia lycioides Cham.
- Aloysia lycioides var. paraguariensis (Briq.) Moldenke
- Aloysia lycioides var. schulziana (Moldenke) Siedo
- Aloysia lycioides var. schulzii (Standl.) Moldenke
- Aloysia mizquensis Ravenna
- Lantana virgata Larrañaga
- Lippia gratissima (Gillies & Hook.) L.D.Benson
- Lippia gratissima var. schulziae (Standl.) L.D.Benson
- Lippia gratissima var. schulzii (Standl.) L.D.Benson
- Lippia ligustrina var. lasiodonta Briq.
- Lippia ligustrina var. paraguariensis Briq.
- Lippia ligustrina var. schulzii Standl.
- Lippia lycioides (Cham.) Steud.
- Verbena gratissima Gillies & Hook.
- Verbena integerrima Larrañaga
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Megustanlasframbuesas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.