Aloysia wrightii

Taxobox
name = "Aloysia wrightii"


status =
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Verbenaceae
genus = "Aloysia"
species = "A. wrightii"
binomial = "Aloysia wrightii"
binomial_authority = (A.Gray) A.Heller
synonyms = "Lippia wrightii"

"Aloysia wrightii" is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by the common names Wright's beebrush and oreganillo. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it can be found in desert, scrub, and woodland habitat. This is a thickly branching shrub which reaches nearly two meters in maximum height and is generally rounded in form. It has small, oval-shaped to nearly round leaves each no more than two centimeters long. The leaves have lightly toothed edges and hairy undersides. The inflorescence is a narrow, woolly spike up to 6 centimeters long, with small, widely spaced white flowers.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?7773,7774,7775 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ALWR USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Aloysia+wrightii Photo gallery]