Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt.
green rabbit-brush (yellow rabbitbrush)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
green rabbit-brush (yellow rabbitbrush)
Asteraceae (Aster family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Map
Distribution of Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus
Species Information
General:
Perennial shrub; stems much branched, brittle, minutely to densely appressed-hairy, 10-35 cm tall.
Leaves:
Linear to linear-lanceolate, 2-5 cm long, 2-7 mm wide, 3-5-nerved, glabrous or densely appressed-hairy and sticky.
Flowers:
Heads discoid, numerous in a compact terminal cluster; involucres 5-7 mm tall; involucral bracts about 15, strongly graduated, obtuse or abruptly sharp-pointed, mostly linear-oblong to lanceolate, glabrous, papery; disk flowers usually 5, 4.5-7 mm long, yellow.
Fruits:
Achenes long-hairy; pappus dull to brownish-white.
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
Yellow
Blooming Period:
Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
585 | 480 | 720 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
27 | 9 | 38 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
270 | 230 | 310 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 2 | 4 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
D | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
3 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BG | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(3) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry open slopes, grasslands, shrublands and open forest in the steppe and lower montane zones; frequent in extreme SC BC; S to ND, NM and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. molestus S.F. Blake
Ericameria molesta (S.F. Blake) L.C. Anderson