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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Fouquieria columnaris, Larrea tridentata, Ferocactus wislizeni, Fouquieria splendens, Desmanthus bicornutus, Madrean Region, Atriplex lentiformis, Cylindropuntia fulgida, Yucca baccata, Stenocereus thurberi, Gaillardia pulchella, Cylindropuntia bigelovii, Sesuvium portulacastrum, Hyptis emoryi, Hibiscus denudatus, Ambrosia trifida, Bursera microphylla, Escobaria robbinsiorum, Opuntia engelmannii, Agave angustifolia, Opuntia gosseliniana, Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Amsonia kearneyana, Yucca schottii, Salvia columbariae, Lilium parryi, Fagonia laevis, Karwinskia humboldtiana, Abutilon incanum, Philadelphus microphyllus, Acacia constricta, Phoradendron leucarpum, Dasylirion wheeleri, Tiquilia canescens, Pholisma sonorae, Sarcostemma hirtellum, Sphaeralcea ambigua, Opuntia chlorotica, Atriplex hymenelytra, Bursera fagaroides, Dalea pulchra, Vitis arizonica, Cylindropuntia ramosissima, Viguiera parishii, Peucephyllum, Nicotiana obtusifolia, Dalea albiflora, Bahiopsis laciniata, Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Asclepias asperula, Zinnia acerosa, Antigonon leptopus. Excerpt: Larrea tridentata, known as Creosote bush as a plant, and chaparral as a medicinal herb, and as "gobernadora" in Mexico, Spanish for "governess," due to its ability for inhibiting the growth of nearby plants to have more water. In Sonora it is more commonly called "hediondilla." It is a flowering plant in the family Zygophyllaceae. The species is named after J.A. Hernandez de Larrea, a Spanish clergyman. Larrea tridentata is a prominent species in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts of western North America, and its range includes those and other regions in portions of California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and western Texas in the United States, and northern Chihuahua and Sonora in Mexico. It is closely related to the South American Lar...
