Chrysothamnus greenei

Chrysothamnus greenei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Chrysothamnus
Species: C. greenei
Binomial name
Chrysothamnus greenei
(A.Gray) Greene
Synonyms[1]
  • Bigelowia greenei A.Gray
  • Chrysothamnus filifolius Rydb.
  • Chrysothamnus laricinus Greene
  • Chrysothamnus scoparius Rydb.
  • Ericameria filifolia (Rydb.) L.C.Anderson

Chrysothamnus greenei called Greene’s rabbitbrush , is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It has been found in eastern California (Mono + Inyo Counties), Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and southern Wyoming (Sweetwater County).[2]

Chrysothamnus greenei is a branching shrub up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall with gray bark. It has many small, yellow flower heads clumped into dense arrays. The species grows in sandy locations in desert regions.[3]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Chrysothamnus greenei (A.Gray) Greene
  2. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  3. ↑ Flora of North America, Greene’s rabbitbrush , Chrysothamnus greenei (A. Gray) Greene
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