Aloysia wrightii
Wright's beebrush, Wright's Beebrush, Wright's beebrush, Wright's beebrush
Family: Verbenaceae · Type: shrub · Native
Conservation status: CNPS 4.3
Wright's beebrush is a California native shrub found in the eastern Mojave Desert Mountains and eastern Colorado Desert in rocky, often limestone slopes within Joshua-tree and pinyon/juniper woodland at elevations of 900 to 1,600 meters. Flowering from August to October, this plant produces white flowers with rounded lobes in small spikes 1.5 to 6 centimeters long. Growing as a rounded shrub less than 2 meters tall with many branches, its twigs are brown with white-colored angles. Its leaves are small, 4 to 17 millimeters long, ovate to nearly round, with edges that are slightly scalloped and densely hairy undersides. The plant's compact, rounded form and white flowers make it a distinctive component of its desert woodland habitat.
Habitat: Rocky, often limestone, slopes, Joshua-tree or pinyon/juniper woodland
Bloom period: Aug-Oct
Elevation: 900-1600 m
Bioregions: e&s DMtns, e DSon
California counties: San Bernardino, Riverside
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