Glossopetalon spinescens, syn. Forsellesia spinescens, is a species of flowering shrub in the family Crossosomataceae known by the common names greasebush, spiny greasebush, Nevada greasewood and spring greasebush.
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Glossopetalon spinescens |
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Glossopetalon spinescens var. aridum Spring Mountains, southern Nevada |
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Plantae |
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Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
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Eudicots |
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Rosids |
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Crossosomatales |
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Crossosomataceae |
Genus: |
Glossopetalon |
Species: |
G. spinescens |
Binomial name |
Glossopetalon spinescens
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Varieties[2] |
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. aridum M.E.Jones
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. clokeyi (Ensign) M.L.Allen
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. goodwinii M.L.Allen
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. meionandrum (Koehne) Trel.
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. mexicanum (Ensign) H.St.John
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. microphyllum N.H.Holmgren
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. planitierum (Ensign) Yatsk.
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. spinescens
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. texense (Ensign) M.L.Allen
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Synonyms[2] |
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- Forsellesia arida (M.E.Jones) A.Heller (1900)
- Forsellesia clokeyi Ensign (1942)
- Forsellesia meionandra (Koehne) A.Heller (1900)
- Forsellesia nevadensis (A.Gray) Greene (1893)
- Forsellesia planitierum Ensign (1942)
- Forsellesia spinescens var. typica Ensign (1942)
- Forsellesia spinescens (A.Gray) Greene (1893)
- Forsellesia stipulifera (H.St.John) Ensign (1942)
- Forsellesia texensis Ensign (1942)
- Glossopetalon clokeyi (Ensign) H.St.John (1942)
- Glossopetalon meionandrum Koehne (1894)
- Glossopetalon nevadense A.Gray (1876)
- Glossopetalon planitierum (Ensign) H.St.John (1942)
- Glossopetalon spinescens var. typicum (Ensign) H.St.John (1942)
- Glossopetalon stipuliferum H.St.John (1937)
- Glossopetalon texense (Ensign) H.St.John (1942)
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It is native to Mexico and the western United States, where it grows in mountainous habitats, often on limestone substrates.