Chrysothamnus

Chrysothamnus
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Chrysothamnus
Nutt.
Synonyms[1]

Vanclevea Greene

For other species of rabbitbrush see Ericameria and Lorandersonia

Chrysothamnus (common names include rabbitbrush, rabbitbush, and chamisa) are shrubs in the sunflower family.[2][3] The native distribution is in the arid western United States, Canada, and northern Mexico. It is known for its bright white or yellow flowers in late summer.[1]

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[4][5]
  1. Chrysothamnus depressus - dwarf rabbitbrush, longflower rabbitbrush - California Nevada Arizona Utah Colorado New Mexico
  2. Chrysothamnus eremobius - pintwater rabbitbrush, remote rabbitbrush - Nevada
  3. Chrysothamnus greenei - Greene's rabbitbrush - California Nevada Arizona Utah Colorado New Mexico Wyoming
  4. Chrysothamnus humilis - Truckee rabbitbrush - California Nevada Oregon Washington Idaho
  5. Chrysothamnus molestus - Arizona rabbitbrush - Arizona
  6. Chrysothamnus scopulorum - Arizona Utah
  7. Chrysothamnus stylosus - Arizona Utah
  8. Chrysothamnus vaseyi - Vasey's rabbitbrush - Arizona Utah New Mexico Colorado Wyoming
  9. Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus - yellow rabbitbrush - British Columbia Washington Oregon California Arizona Nevada Idaho Montana Wyoming Utah Colorado New Mexico South Dakota Nebraska

References

  1. 1 2 Flora of North America, Rabbitbrush, Chrysothamnus Nuttall, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 323. 1840.
  2. ↑ Nuttall, Thomas. 1840. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, new series 7: 323–324. in English
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Chrysothamnus Nutt.
  4. ↑ Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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