Back حشيشة الشحم Arabic حشيشة الشحم ARZ Governadora Catalan Larrea tridentata CEB Kreosotbusch German Larrea tridentata Esperanto Larrea tridentata Spanish Larrea tridentata Basque بوته قطران Persian Kreosoottipensas Finnish
| Creosote bush | |
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| Sprig with flower buds, flowers and fruit at Furnace Creek in Death Valley N.P. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Zygophyllales |
| Family: | Zygophyllaceae |
| Genus: | Larrea |
| Species: | L. tridentata
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| Binomial name | |
| Larrea tridentata | |
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natural range
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Larrea tridentata, called creosote bush, greasewood,[2] and chaparral is a medicinal herb.[3] In Sonora, it is more commonly called hediondilla;[4] Spanish hediondo = "smelly". It is a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. The specific name tridentata refers to its three-toothed leaves.[5]
- ^ "Larrea tridentata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
- ^ Peter Bigfoot (2011). "Chaparral". Peter Bigfoot's Useful Wild Western Plants. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ Moore, M. (1989). Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon West. Santa Fe, NM: Museum of New Mexico Press. pp. 27–32. ISBN 978-0-8901-3181-7.
- ^ Felger, R. S.; Moser, M. B. (1985). People of the Desert and Sea - Ethnobotany of the Seri Indians. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-1267-6.
- ^ "Larrea tridentata". Southwestern Environmental Information Network (SEINet).