Zygophyllaceae
Creosote bush
Larrea tridentata
- Family
- Zygophyllaceae
- Genus
- Larrea
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- حشيشة الشحم
- arz
- حشيشة الشحم
- Catalan
- Arbust de creosota
- Chinese
- 墨西哥三齒拉瑞阿, 墨西哥三齿拉瑞阿, 石炭酸灌木
- Czech
- Larea trojzubá
- Dutch
- Creosootstruik
- English
- Creosote bush, Chaparral, Greasewood
- Finnish
- Kreosoottipensas
- German
- Kreosotbusch
- Hebrew
- לראה משולשת
- Japanese
- クレオソートブッシュ, メキシコハマビシ
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Kreosotbusk
- Persian
- بوته قطران
- Russian
- Ларрея трёхзубчатая
- Ukrainian
- Креозотовий кущ
Synonyms
- Covillea glutinosa (Engelm.) Rydb.
- Covillea tridentata (DC.) Vail
- Guaiacum mexicanum Baill.
- Larrea divaricata subsp. tridentata (DC.) Felger
- Larrea divaricata var. arenaria (L.D.Benson) Felger
- Larrea glutinosa Engelm.
- Larrea mexicana Moric.
- Larrea tridentata subsp. glutinosa (Engelm.) A.E.Murray
- Larrea tridentata var. arenaria L.D.Benson
- Larrea tridentata var. glutinosa (Engelm.) Jeps.
- Larrea tridentata var. tridentata
- Neoschroetera glutinosa (Engelm.) Briq.
- Neoschroetera tridentata (DC.) Briq.
- Schroeterella glutinosa (Engelm.) Briq.
- Schroeterella tridentata (DC.) Briq.
- Zygophyllum tridentatum DC.
Flowers
- In flower
- January to May (from 5,417 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Jim Morefield, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Robbie Hannawacker, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alan Rockefeller, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.