Chrysothamnus humilis
Chrysothamnus humilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Chrysothamnus |
Species: | C. humilis
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Binomial name | |
Chrysothamnus humilis | |
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Chrysothamnus humilis, called Truckee rabbitbrush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the aster tribe within the sunflower family. It has been found in northern California, Oregon, Washington, northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho.[2]
Chrysothamnus humilis is a branching shrub up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall with dark gray bark. It has many small, yellow flower heads clumped into dense arrays. The species grows in sagebrush scrub and in sand in desert regions.[3]
References[]
External links[]
- {http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CHHU2 USDA Plants Profile for Chrysothamnus humilis (Truckee rabbitbrush)]
- Calflora Database: Chrysothamnus humilis (Truckee rabbitbrush)
- Jepson Manual eFlora treatment of Chrysothamnus humilis
Categories:
- Astereae
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Plants described in 1896
- Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene