UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Chrysothamnus depressus

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

green rabbit-brush
Habit Low, bushy shrubs to 1 m. tall, with brown bark and brittle, glabrous twigs.
Leaves

Leaves 1-6 cm. long and 0.5-10 mm. wide, alternate, green, twisted and sticky.
Flowers

Heads in compact, rounded clusters;

flowers rayless, yellow, usually 5 in a head, the corollas 5-7 mm. long;

involucre 5-8 mm. high, the bracts inbricated, about 15;

pappus of numerous capillary bristles.

Chrysothamnus depressus

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Flowering time July-September
Habitat Sagebrush desert to ponderosa pine forest openings.
Distribution
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the northern Great Plains.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. viscidiflorus
Subordinate taxa
C. viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus, C. viscidiflorus ssp. viscidiflorus
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