Description
Description: Lemon Verbena is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family Verbenaceae, native to western South America. It was brought to Europe by the Spanish and the Portuguese in the 17th century and cultivated for its oil.
Lemon verbena is a perennial shrub or subshrub growing to 2–3 m high. The 8-cm-long, glossy, pointed leaves are slightly rough to the touch and emit a powerful scent reminiscent of lemon when bruised (hence the Latin specific epithet citrodora—lemon-scented).
Botanical Name: Lippia citriodora
Common Names: Lemon beebrush, Aloysia citrodora
Medicinal Part: Leaf
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