| Scientific Name: | Aloysia citrodora |
| Common Name: | lemon beebrush |
| Family Name: | Verbenaceae |
| Origin: | South America |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Annual (grown as), Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Irregular |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Fragrance, Herb, Medicinal plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Whorled, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Oblong, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Purple, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small shrub with 4-sided green stems, locally 40-70cm tall; leaves opposite or whorled, most elliptic, 3-8cm long x 1.5-3cm wide,; apex and base acute, petioles 1-5mm long; panicle of many white to purple florets, 2-3mm wide x 4-6mm long, 4-petals fused at base. | |