{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Whitebrush.jpg |genus = Aloysia |species = gratissima |authority = (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc.<ref>{{cite web | title=USDA Plants Database | url=https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/plant-profile/ALGR2/sources }}</ref> }}

'''''Aloysia gratissima''''', commonly called '''whitebrush''' or '''beebrush''',<ref name="auto1">{{cite web | title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - the University of Texas at Austin | url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=algr2 }}</ref> is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family Verbenaceae. It is native to Texas through Arizona in the United States, northern Mexico through Veracruz and Oaxaca in North America and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, northern Argentina, and central Chile in South AmericaSouth America.<ref>{{cite POWO | title=''Aloysia gratissima'' (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc. |id=9643-2 |access-date=19 May 2026}}</ref>

==Description== ''Aloysia gratissima'' is a perennial, deciduous erect shrub which can grow up to 10 feet in ideal conditions. It produces small, tubular, white fragrant blooms which cluster on the terminal ends of its branches and blooms between March-November depending on its habitat,<ref name="auto1"/> ''A. gratissima'' produces a drupe fruit and slender, round to pointed, fragrant green leaves.<ref name="auto">{{cite web | title=Growing Aloysia gratissima: Whitebrush | url=https://gardenoracle.com/images/aloysia-gratissima.html }}</ref>

==Conservation status== It is currently listed as not threatened.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bachman |first1=S.P. |last2=Brown |first2=M.J.M. |last3=Leão |first3=T.C.C. |last4=Nic Lughadha |first4=E. |last5=Walker |first5=B.E. |year=2024 |title=Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation |journal=New Phytologist |volume=242 |issue=2 |pages=797–808 |doi=10.1111/nph.19592 |pmid=38437880 }}</ref>

==Uses== ''Aloysia gratissima'' is a common plant to include in cultivation due to its heat and drought tolerance and fragrant blooms which attract pollinating insects and fruit-birds.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>

It has been used in traditional medicine in the Americas to treat conditions including lung disorders, inflammation, and nervous disorders such as depression and anxiety.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Alijar Souza |first1=M |last2=Petry |first2=F |last3=Vidor Morgan |first3=L |last4=Dal Magro |first4=J |last5=Müller |first5=LG |title=Biological Properties of ''Aloysia gratissima'' (Gillies & Hook.) Tronc. (Verbenaceae) |journal=Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine |year=2022 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.1155/2022/1119435 |doi-access=free |pmid=35096101 |pmc=8791711}}</ref>

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