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Larrea tridentata
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Larrea tridentata
Larrea tridentata is known as Creosote bush as a plant, chaparral as a medicinal herb, and as "gobernadora" in Mexico, Spanish for "governess," due to its ability to secure more water by inhibiting the growth of nearby plants. In Sonora, it is more commonly called "hediondilla."
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Larrea tridentata
Noun
1. desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers
(synonym) creosote bush, coville, hediondilla
(hypernym) shrub, bush
(member-holonym) Larrea, genus Larrea
(part-meronym) Sonora gum
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