The citronella plant is actually a scented geranium (Pelargonium citrosum or citrosa geranium) that's popular for keeping bugs at bay. Its citrus-scented, scalloped foliage is accented by white ...

Commonly called mosquito plant, citronella (also known as Pelargonium citrosum or citrosa geranium, among other names) is in the geranium family. It's a cross between a rose-scented geranium and ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Pelargonium citrosum is the usual cultivar marketed variously as the "mosquito plant,” citronella plant, citronella geranium, mosquito plant geranium ...

The plant marketed as the citronella, or mosquito plant, is Pelargonium citrosum, a scented geranium. Citronella is extracted by steam distillation from two species of grasses: Cymbopogon nardus ...

SINGAPORE: As Singapore steps up its fight against the Zika virus, so-called mosquito-repelling plants have been flying off the shelves in nurseries here. The bestsellers are the citronella ...

Citrosa is a cross between Pelargonium graveolens, a rose-scented geranium, and Cymbopogon nardus, a grass that’s the source of the oil of citronella. The plant combines the foliage of a scented ...