Aloysia wrightii is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family known by the common names Wright's beebrush and oreganillo. It is native to the Sonoran Desert of southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it can be found in moist desert canyons, scrub, and woodland habitat. This is a thickly branching shrub which reaches nearly two meters in maximum height and is generally rounded in form. It has small, oval-shaped to nearly round leaves each no more than two centimeters long. The leaves have lightly toothed edges and hairy undersides. The inflorescence is a narrow, woolly spike up to 6 centimeters long, with small, widely spaced white flowers. It is a valuable nectar source for native solitary bees. It is also larval and adult food plant for the rustic sphinx moth (Manduca rustica).Soule, J.A. 2012. Butterfly Gardening In Southern Arizona. Tierra del Sol Press, Tucson, AZ.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aloysia wrightii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections2
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 429 records
Wild obs. + sensor666
Museum / vouchered763
Origin
Native35
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 716 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 429≤1 km 54≤10 km 21>10 km 37
541 georeferenced · 125 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor666
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 102≤1 km 84≤10 km 96>10 km 16
298 georeferenced · 465 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence763
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions42 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
ASUlocation not on record
127
Bronx, US
72
Albuquerque, US
69
Phoenix, US
68
EL PASO, US
55
Austin, US
52
Flagstaff, US
45
Riverside, US
41
Claremont, US
40
Austin, US
18
Mexico City, MX
17
South Kensington, GB
15
Guasave, MX
15
Durango, MX
12
San Diego, US
9
Fort Worth, US
7
Saint Louis, US
7
CASlocation not on record
7
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
6
Orem, US
6
Wuzhou, CN
5
WTUlocation not on record
5
Santa Barbara, US
4
San Angelo, US
4
Zacatecas, MX
3
Davis, US
3
Boise, US
2
USFSlocation not on record
2
Bloomington, US
2
Hermosillo, MX
2
Lubbock, US
2
Logan, US
2
Henderson, US
2
Tempe, US
2
Mexico City, MX
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
Baltimore, US
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Sciencelocation not on record
1
Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record
1
Pullman, US
1
Tampa, US
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
GB
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
La Paz, MX
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Madison, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
1
Columbia, US
1
Provo, US
1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
1
Chapingo, MX
1
59 institutions · 757 of 763 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Aloysia wrightii was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 429 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗