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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.
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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.
Overwintering is the process by which some organisms pass through or wait out the winter season, or pass through that period of the year when "winter" conditions (cold or sub-zero temperatures, ice, snow, limited food supplies) make normal activity or even survival difficult or near impossible. In some cases "winter" is characterized not ...
It takes six months for citrus to ripen from pollination to picking, so these fruits are generally considered a winter crop. Once the lemon is totally ripe and no signs of green remain around the ...
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]