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INTRODUCTORY

SPECIES: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus | Green Rabbitbrush

ABBREVIATION:


CHRVIS

SYNONYMS:


Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. lanceolatus (Nutt) Greene - mountain low rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. puberulus (D.C. Easton) Jepson - downy rabbitbrush [19,89]
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. viscidiflorus - stickyleaf low rabbitbrush [19,37,89]

NRCS PLANT CODE:


CHVI8
CHVI4
CHVIL4
CHVIP3
CHNIP4
CHVIV2
CHVIS5
CHVIV4

COMMON NAMES:


green rabbitbrush
low rabbitbrush
Douglas rabbitbrush [11] :

TAXONOMY:


The fully documented scientific name of green rabbitbrush is Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. (Asteraceae). Several subspecies and varieties with somewhat different geographic distributions, habitat preferences, and morphologies have been recognized [7]. Intermediate forms exist between some subspecies [57]. Infrataxa of green rabbitbrush are:

subspecies:
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. axillaris (Keck) L. Anderson [36]
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. lanceolatus (Nutt.) H.M. Hall & Clements [31,36,87]   mountain low rabbitbrush, lanceleaf rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus ssp. puberulus (D.C. Eaton) H.M. Hall & Clements [36]   downy rabbitbrush, hairy low rabbitbrush
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus spp. viscidiflorus [31,36,87]  stickyleaf low rabbitbrush, varied-leaf green rabbitbrush

varieties:
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. latifolius (D.C. Eaton) Greene [19]
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. stenophyllus (Gray) Hall [41,89]  yellow rabbitbrush, low rabbitbrush

LIFE FORM:


shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:


No legal status

OTHER STATUS:


No entry

AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:


Tirmenstein, D. (1999, April). Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus. In: Remainder of Citation


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