Chrysothamnus

Chrysothamnus (common names include rabbitbrush, rabbitbush, and chamisa) are shrubs in the sunflower family. 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.

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• How to identify colorado native plant rabbitbrush chrysothamnus nauseosus
• Rabbitbush chrysothamnus spp
• References

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.

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