| Coleogyne | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae |
| Tribe: | Kerrieae |
| Genus: | Coleogyne Torr.[1] |
| Species: | C. ramosissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Coleogyne ramosissima Torr.
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Coleogyne ramosissima or blackbrush, is a low lying, dark grayish-green, aromatic,[2] spiny, perennial, soft wooded[2] shrub, native to the deserts of the southwestern United States.[3][4] It is called blackbrush because the gray branches darken when wet by rains.[3][4] It is in the rose family (Rosaceae),[3][4] and is the only species in the monotypic genus Coleogyne.
- ^ "Coleogyne ramosissima". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
- ^ a b Turner, Raymond M. 1982. Great Basin desertscrub. In: Brown, David E., ed. Biotic communities of the American Southwest--United States and Mexico. Desert Plants. 4(1-4): 145–155.
- ^ a b c Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, p18, 252
- ^ a b c Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, p 3, 105