Texas Wildbuds

Lippia graveolens

(Mexican Oregano)

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Lippia graveolens, Falcon State Park, Starr Co. 4168

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Lippia graveolens, Falcon State Park, Starr Co. 4171

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Lippia graveolens, Falcon State Park, Starr Co. 4177

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Lippia graveolens, Falcon State Park, Starr Co. 4181

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Lippia graveolens, Falcon State Park, Starr Co. 4335

Scientific Name Lippia graveolens USDA PLANTS Symbol LIGR6
Common Name Mexican Oregano, Redbrush Lippia ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 32068
Family Verbenaceae (Verbena) SEINet
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Description Habitat: Dry soils; rocky limestone hillsides, valleys, arroyos, open desert scrub.
Plant: Aromatic shrub or sub shrub, 3 to 9 ft. tall with slender, reddish, hairy stems.
Leaves: Opposite stem leaves, blades are oblong or ovate-oblong to elliptic with rounded or nearly cordate base, 0.4 to 2.5 inches long and up to 1.2 inches wide, on hairy petioles 0.1 to 0.8 inches long; margins are crenate with small, rounded teeth; upper surfaces are rugose and glandular, lower surfaces are densely hairy.
Inflorescence: Clusters of very small flowers on single or multiple peduncles arising from leaf axils; each cluster with small, hairy bracts in layers supporting the tubular flowers; yellowish or white tubular corollas about 2 mm across with yellow centers, 5-lobed, with one lobe being larger.
Bloom Period: March to December.
References: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston, “Trees and Shrubs of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas” by A. Michael Powell and Wikipedia.		 BONAP Distribution Map

Map Color Key		 Texas Status:
Native
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