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Glossopetalon
Glossopetalon is a small genus of shrubs in the plant family Crossosomataceae. These plants are sometimes called greasebushes. They are native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where they can be found on dry mountain slopes. These are small shrubs with thorny, tangling branches and white flowers.
Species include:
- Glossopetalon clokeyi - Clokey's greasebush
- Glossopetalon planitierum - plains greasebush
- Glossopetalon pungens - dwarf greasebush
- Glossopetalon spinescens - spiny greasebush
- Glossopetalon texense - Texas greasebush