Larrea tridentata
Videos
Larrea tridentata, also called creosote bush, greasewood, and chaparral is a medicinal herb. In Sonora, it is more commonly called hediondilla; Spanish hediondo = "smelly". It is a flowering plant in
Larrea tridentata Furnace Creek
L. tridentata in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Stages of creosote flower development, from bud (left) to fruit and seeds (right)
King Clone, the 11,700-year-old creosote bush ring in the Mojave Desert
Chihuahuan Desert
Videos
The Chihuahuan Desert is a desert ecoregion designation covering parts of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It occupies much of Far West Texas, the middle to lower Rio Grande Valley
Larrea tridentata
…Zygophyllaceae. The specific name tridentata refers to its three-toothed leaves. Larrea tridentata is a prominent species in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts of western North America, and its range includes those and other regions in portions of southeastern California, Arizona, southern Nevada…
Chihuahuan desert landscape in Big Bend National Park
The terrain mainly consists of basins broken by numerous small mountain ranges.
A pronghorn among yuccas in the Otero Mesa.
Young creosote bush (Larrea tridentata)