This very common plant of the dry mesas, plains, and arroyos is often mistakenly called sage. It is a heavily branched, gray shrub with narrow, small leaves and dense panicles of one seeded fruits. Flowers appear in mid-summer. The plant is also called Four-Winged Salt Brush. Mountain Mahogany Widely branching small hardwood shrubs with small, inconspicuous, petal-less flowers.
Seed has a long, spiral plume.
Leaves turn orange-red in the fall. The plant bears berries about the size and color of wild grapes. Creosote Bush Named because of the creosote-like odor given off when wet. This shrub is a rapidly growing, very attractive plant with a dark green color. It is an evergreen, and the leaves have a resinous coating.