Coleogyne | |
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Scientific classification | |
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.