Aloysia gratissima

Common bee-brush · Verbenaceae

Summary of the structured data documented in ClimaFlora for this taxon.

VerbenaceaeShrub

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Identity and native distribution

Family

Verbenaceae

Life form

Shrub

Documented native regions

North AmericaSouth America

Medicinal useDocumented toxicity

Variable	Observed range	Central range
Annual mean temperature	2.17 – 26.85	7.89 – 25.29
Temperature of the warmest month	12.29 – 41.65	20.81 – 38.67
Temperature of the coldest month	-10.03 – 21.19	-3.27 – 18.43
Annual precipitation	130.7 – 3008.2	152.54 – 2175.12
Precipitation seasonality	11.16 – 116.32	14.46 – 110.54

These values describe the documented climate envelope of the taxon. They are not, by themselves, a local recommendation.

Variable	Unit	Observed range	Central range
Cation exchange capacity (CEC)	cmol(+)/kg	14.6 – 25.71	16.7 – 22.05
Clay	%	16.57 – 37.51	24.2 – 32.45
Coarse fragments	%	1.9 – 21.51	5.5 – 13.35
Total nitrogen	g/kg	0.91 – 2.39	1.16 – 1.73
pH	—	5.59 – 7.9	6.7 – 7.5
Sand	%	23.49 – 58.77	30.85 – 46.4
Soil organic carbon	g/kg	9.49 – 30.06	12.97 – 19.23

These soil preferences should be compared with the site profile and the confidence of the local data.