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Forsellesia
''Glossopetalon'' is a small genus of shrubs in the plant family Crossosomataceae. These plants are sometimes called greasebushes. They are native to Mexico and the western United States, where they can be found on dry mountain slopes. These are usually small shrubs, although ''Glossopetalon spinescens'' can reach up to three metres in favoured locations. They have thorny, tangling branches and white flowers with petals that are easily shed, giving them an untidy appearance. Glossopetalon pungens, ''G. pungens'' is not thorny, and is a vertically prostrate subshrub which is usually found as a small tangled mat of stems hugging sheer cliffs. ''Glossopetalon'' was Species description, described by the American botanist Asa Gray in 1853. Gray first placed his new genus in the Celastraceae Family (taxonomy), family, but twenty years later thought it was most closely related to ''Staphylea'', then in the Sapindaceae, and a few authors accepted this classification at the time (1880). W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossopetalon Spinescens
''Glossopetalon spinescens'', Synonym (taxonomy), 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. It is native to Mexico and the western United States, where it grows in mountainous habitats, often on limestone substrates. Common names ''Glossopetalon spinescens'' known by the common names greasebush, spiny greasebush, Nevada greasewood (in California), spring greasebush and spiny greasewood, depending on location/source. The name 'greasewood' is also a common name for ''Larrea tridentata'' in Texas. The different varieties of this species have also been given separate common names when they were still regarded as distinct species, i.e. plains greasebush for ''G. planitierum'', etc. Description This shrub forms a dense, erect clump of many thin, branching, thorny stems approaching in maximum height.Mason, C.T. 1992. Crossasomatacea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |