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Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt.
green rabbit-brush (yellow rabbitbrush)
Asteraceae (Aster family)

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SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus

Species Information

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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.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

USDA Species Characteristics

Flower Colour:
Yellow
Blooming Period:
Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present from Summer to Fall
Source:  The USDA

Habitat / 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.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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)
Site Information
 Value / Class

Minimum

Average

Maximum
Elevation (metres) 480 585 720
Slope Gradient (%) 9 27 38
Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W] 		230 270 310
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric] 		2 3 4
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class		 D
Number 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)

Climate

The climate type for this species, as reported in the: "British Columbia plant species codes and selected attributes. Version 6 Database" (Meidinger et al. 2008), is not evaluated, unknown or variable.

Synonyms and Alternate Names

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. molestus S.F. Blake
Ericameria molesta (S.F. Blake) L.C. Anderson

Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Links

Flora North America treatment for Asteraceae
 Flora North America treatment for Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus
Genetic information (NCBI Taxonomy Database)
 International Plant Names Index
 Taxonomic Information from the World Flora Online
 Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Additional Photo Sources

UBC Herbarium Scanned Collection Record
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General References

Google Scholar Search
Family References
 General Botanical References for BC
Recommended citation: Author, Date. Page title. In Klinkenberg, Brian. (Editor) 2020. E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. [Accessed: 2024-12-07 6:30:19 PM ]
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