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Larrea tridentata
This is a very long-living plant. The oldest known Creosote bush is 11,700 years old! It is a woody, evergreen shrub with small, waxy-green leaves. The flowers are bright yellow and seeds are round, fuzzy and white.
Native plant growing in Creosote Bush Scrub at Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.
Aka Greasewood. "Larrea tridentata was used by Native Americans in the Southwest as a treatment for many maladies, including sexually transmitted diseases, tuberculosis, chicken pox, dysmenorrhea, and snakebite. The shrub is still widely used as a medicine in Mexico. It contains nordihydroguaiaretic acid."
Spotted on Dec 28, 2013
Submitted on Dec 29, 2013
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