| Taxon | Larrea tridentata |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Zygophyllaceae |
| Family common name(s) | caltrop; creosote-bush; creosote bush; bean caper; bean caper; bean capers |
| Genus common name(s) | larrea; creosote-bush; creosote bush; creosotebush |
| Species common name(s) | common creosote; common creosote-bush; common creosote bush; common creosotebush; desert creosote; desert creosote bush; desert creosote-bush; desert creosotebush; desert creosote brush; desert creosote-brush; desert creosotebrush; creosote brush; creosote-brush; creosotebrush; creosotum; cresote bush; cresote; gobernadora; hideondo; little stinker; coville; desert larrea; three-toothed larrea |
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| Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | Algodones creosote bush [var. arenaria] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | South American creosote bush is applied to multiple Larrea taxa; quinine bush, quinine bush, quininebush, quinine-brush, quinine brush, quininebrush, hediondilla, greasewood, grease-wood are applied to taxa in multiple families; chaparral is more commonly applied to a vegetation type than to a particular taxon |
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| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | var. arenaria L.D. Benson; var. tridentata |
