Chrysothamnus

Chrysothamnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Chrysothamnus Nutt.
Species
See text.

For Gray (or Rubber) and Parry's Rabbitbrush see Ericameria

Chrysothamnus, common names Rabbitbrush and Chamisa, is a member of the Asteraceae family. It is a deciduous shrub, similar to sagebrush with a native range in the arid western United States and Mexico. It is known for its bright white or yellow flowers in late summer.

Chrysothamnus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora linosyridella, Coleophora viscidiflorella (which have both been recorded on C. viscidiflorus) and Schinia walsinghami.

Species (incomplete)

• Chrysothamnus depressus — Dwarf Rabbitbrush, Long-flower Rabbitbrush
• Chrysothamnus eremobius — Remote Rabbitbrush, Pintwater Rabbitbrush
• Chrysothamnus greenei — Greene's Rabbitbrush
• Chrysothamnus humilis — Truckee Green Rabbitbrush
• Chrysothamnus molestus — Arizona rabbitbrush
• Chrysothamnus nauseosus — Tall Blue Rabbitbrush, Chamisa
• Chrysothamnus vaseyi — Vasey's Rabbitbrush
• Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus — Green Rabbitbrush, Douglas Rabbitbrush

See also

• Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Hanford Reach National Monument accessed Oct 2006