Chrysothamnus humilis

Chrysothamnus humilis called Truckee rabbitbrush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It has been found in northern California, Oregon, Washington, northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho.[2]

Chrysothamnus humilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Genus:
Chrysothamnus
Species:
C. humilis
Binomial name
Chrysothamnus humilis
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. humilis (Greene) Jeps.
  • Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus subsp. humilis (Greene) H.M.Hall & Clem.
  • Ericameria humilis (Greene) L.C.Anderson

Chrysothamnus humilis is a branching shrub up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall with dark gray bark. It has many small, yellow flower heads clumped into dense arrays. The species grows in sagebrush scrub and in sand in desert regions.[3]

References
  1. The Plant List, Chrysothamnus humilis Greene
  2. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. Flora of North America, Truckee rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus humilis Greene
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