lilac chastetree USDA PLANTS Symbol: VIAG
U.S. Nativity: Exotic
Habit: Shrub or Subshrub
Vitex agnus-castus L.

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Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida: Lamiales: Verbenaceae
Native Range: S. Europe, W. Asia (REHD);

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Foliage; An invasive plant in central Texas
Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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Flower(s); An invasive plant in central Texas
Ronald F. Billings, Texas Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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EDDMapS Distribution:
This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. For more information, visit www.eddmaps.org
 


State(s) Where Reported invasive.
Based on state level agency and organization lists of invasive plants from WeedUS database.

Native Alternatives:
Aesculus pavia (red buckeye)
Aesculus parviflora (bottlebrush buckeye)
Amorpha fruticosa (desert false indigo)
Bauhinia lunarioides (Texasplume)
Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry)
Cercis canadensis var. canadensis (eastern redbud)
Cercis canadensis var. mexicana (Mexican redbud)
Cercis canadensis var. texensis (Texas redbud)
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus (blueblossom)
Chionanthus virginicus (white fringetree)
Clethra alnifolia (coastal sweetpepperbush)
Elliottia racemosa (georgiaplume)
Eysenhardtia texana (Texas kidneywood)
Fothergilla major (mountain witchalder)
Oxydendrum arboreum (sourwood)
Salvia farinacea (mealycup sage)


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Invasive Listing Sources:
Faith Campbell, 1998. Plants that Hog the Garden: Invasive Plants in the United States. Fine Gardening Online
Reichard, Sarah. 1994.  Assessing the potential of invasiveness in woody plants introduced in North America. University of Washington Ph.D. dissertation.