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[[File:Lippia alba.jpg|thumb|right|''Lippia alba'', ''bushy matgrass'']]
'''Lippia alba''' is a species of Flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that . It is native to southern Texas in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Heart problems}}, {{Uses|Fever}}, {{Uses|Stomachache}}, {{Uses|Cleanse the bladder}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}.
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|oppositeOpposite|ellipticElliptic-oblong|Leaves are 4-9 x 2-4 cm, thick-chartaceous lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, the lowest pair longer and prominent, nerves impressed above, raised below, sparsely hairy above, softly pubescent below, base rounded to acute, margin serrate-crenate, apex acute; petiole to 1 cm.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|ovateOvate-lanceolate|1.5 cm|pinkishPinkish-white|Stamens 4| Flowers zygomorphic, 5-merous, subsessile, aggregated in elongate}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|pearPear-shaped|2 x 1.5 mm hard|Bushy Lippia is native of South America, naturalized in parts of India|With hooked hairs|2-seeded}}
===Other features===
==How to plant/cultivate==
Prefers a position in full sun in any moderately fertile, well-drained soil.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
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<references>
<ref name="Leaf">[https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bushy%20Lippia.htmll "flowers Flowers of india"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Lippia+alba "Cultivation Details"]</ref>
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