Black Greasewood

Sarcobatus vermiculatus

(Hook.) Torr. Species

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Botanical name
Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Also known as
Black Greasewood, Greasewood, Saltbush, Seepwood
Family
Sarcobataceae
Genus
Sarcobatus
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Black Greasewood

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Other names for this plant

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

Batis vermiculata Fremontia vermiculata Sarcobatus maximilianii Sarcobatus vermiculatus var. procumbens Sarcobatus vermiculatus var. vermiculatus

Others in Sarcobatus

Sarcobatus baileyi
Bailey's Greasewood

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