Spring Greasebush

Glossopetalon spinescens

A.Gray Species

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Botanical name
Glossopetalon spinescens
Also known as
Spring Greasebush
Family
Crossosomataceae
Genus
Glossopetalon
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Spring Greasebush

We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.

GardenDecoded's botanical data covers every accepted species, but growing advice is written by hand rather than imported — so it exists only for the plants we have worked through so far. The botanical detail above is complete and sourced.

Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Glossopetalon spinescens but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Forsellesia spinescens Forsellesia spinescens var. typica Glossopetalon spinescens var. typicum

Others in Glossopetalon

Glossopetalon spinescens var. clokeyi
Glossopetalon spinescens var. goodwinii
Glossopetalon spinescens var. planitierum
Glossopetalon spinescens var. spinescens
Glossopetalon spinescens var. texense
Glossopetalon pungens
Glossopetalon spinescens var. aridum
Glossopetalon spinescens var. meionandrum

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