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Creosote Bushes
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Creosote Bushes

Larrea

Larrea is a genus of flowering plants in the caltrop family, Zygophyllaceae. It contains five species of evergreen shrubs that are native to the Americas. The generic name honours Bishop J.A. Hernández Pérez de Larrea, a patron of science. South American members of this genus are known as jarillas and can produce fertile interspecific hybrids. One of the more notable species is the creosote bush (L. tridentata) of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The...

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Creosote Bush

speciesLarrea tridentata

Larrea divaricata

speciesLarrea divaricata

Larrea cuneifolia

speciesLarrea cuneifolia

Larrea nitida

speciesLarrea nitida

Larrea ameghinoi

speciesLarrea ameghinoi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 68199.