Index / Search / Glossopetalon spinescens
§1 Plant
Glossopetalon spinescens A. Gray
vernacular spiny greasebush — species · Crossosomataceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Crossosomataceae Engl.
- Genus
- Glossopetalon
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 73 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 73 counties across 11 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/GLSP ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2986086 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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