Glossopetalon spinescens
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Glossopetalon spinescens is a species of flowering shrub
in the family Crossosomataceae
known by the common names spiny greasewood and Nevada greasewood. It is native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in mountainous habitat, often on limestone
substrates. This shrub forms a dense, erect clump of many thin, branching, thorny stems approaching two meters in maximum height. The green oval leaves are less than two centimeters long. Small white-petalled flowers appear in the leaf axils. The fruit is a single or double follicle
a few millimeters wide.
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...
in the family Crossosomataceae
Crossosomataceae
Crossosomataceae is a small plant family, consisting of three genera of shrubs found only in the dry parts of the American southwest and Mexico.-External links:...
known by the common names spiny greasewood and Nevada greasewood. It is native to the western United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in mountainous habitat, often on limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
substrates. This shrub forms a dense, erect clump of many thin, branching, thorny stems approaching two meters in maximum height. The green oval leaves are less than two centimeters long. Small white-petalled flowers appear in the leaf axils. The fruit is a single or double follicle
Follicle (fruit)
In botany, a follicle is a dry unilocular many-seeded fruit formed from one carpel and dehiscing by the ventral suture in order to release seeds, such as in larkspur, magnolia, banksia, peony and milkweed....
a few millimeters wide.