Glossopetalon spinescens

Glossopetalon spinescens
	Glossopetalon spinescens var. aridum Spring Mountains, southern Nevada
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Crossosomatales
Family:	Crossosomataceae
Genus:	Glossopetalon
Species:	G. spinescens
Binomial name
	Glossopetalon spinescens; A.Gray
Varieties
	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 ;
Synonyms
	List 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) ; ;

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.

It is native to Mexico and the western United States, where it grows in mountainous habitats, often on limestone substrates.

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