[6] It is not a cedar, fir, or pine, but a member of the aster family, Asteraceae.

It is a leafy evergreen shrub with glandular, resinous foliage.

This plant is native to the deserts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States and Baja California and Sonora in northern Mexico.

[7][3] The species form is similar to that of the common creosote bush (Larrea tridentata): small, greenish, and hemispherical with similar yellow flowers in the spring.

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