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Aloysia virgata, known as sweet almond verbena and sweet almond bush, is a perennial plant in the family Verbenaceae native to Argentina. It grows from Central Argentina up to Brazil and Peru , with multiple instances in Yucatán, Southeastern United States, and Texas.
The Verbenaceae (/ ˌ v ɜːr b ə ˈ n eɪ s i. iː / VUR-bə-NAY-see-ee), the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs, and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell. [2] The family Verbenaceae includes 32 genera and ...
Aloysia is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are known generally as beebrushes. [2] They are native to the Americas, where they are distributed in temperate climates, as well as in subtropical and desert climates. [3] The genus is named for Maria Luisa of Parma (1751-1819), wife of King Charles IV of Spain. [4]
Verbena (/ v ər ˈ b iː n ə /), [3] also known as vervain or verveine, is a genus in the family Verbenaceae.It contains about 150 species of annual and perennial herbaceous or semi-woody flowering plants.
Abronia fragrans, sweet sand-verbena, is an herbaceous perennial with an upright or sprawling growth habit, reaching 8–40 inches (about 20–102 cm). [3] It grows from a taproot with sticky, hairy stems growing from 7.1 inches to 3.3 feet (18–100 cm) long.
Lippia is a genus of flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. It was named after Augustin Lippi (1678–1705), a French naturalist and botanist (with Italian origins). He was killed in Abyssinia. The genus contains roughly 200 species of tropical shrubs that are found around the world.
Tropical almond Talo: Colocasia esculenta: Araceae (Arum family) Taro: Teuila: Alpinia purpurata: Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) Red ginger. (national flower of Samoa) Teve: Amorphophallus paeoniifolius: Araceae (arum family) elephant foot yam, whitespot giant arum Tipolo (Tahitian loan word) Citrus medica: Rutaceae (Citrus family) Citron, lemon ...
Aloysia citrodora, lemon verbena, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native to South America. Other common names include lemon beebrush . [ 2 ] It was brought to Europe by the Spanish and the Portuguese in the 17th century and cultivated for its oil.