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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Rockflowers, Bladdernuts, and Allies
  6. Crossosomataceae
  7. Greasebush

genus

Greasebush

Glossopetalon

Traits
Includes
2 native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Spiny Greasebush native
  • Pungent Glossopetalon presumed native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native greasebush All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Spiny Greasebush Glossopetalon spinescens
  • Pungent Glossopetalon Glossopetalon pungens

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