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Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (yellow rabbitbrush)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus is a North American species of shrub in the daisy family known by the common names yellow rabbitbrush and green rabbitbrush.
View Wikipedia Record: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Infraspecies

Chrysothamnus pumilus var. euthamioides
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus axillaris (yellow rabbitbrush)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus lanceolatus (yellow rabbitbrush)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus planiflorus
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus planifolius (yellow rabbitbrush)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus puberulus (yellow rabbitbrush)
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. viscidiflorus
Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus viscidiflorus
Linosyris viscidiflora var. paniculata

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Spring
Drought Tolerance [1]  High
Edible [2]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Frost Free Days [1]  5 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  High
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Multiple Stem
Growth Period [1]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Propagation [1]  Bare Root, Container, Cutting, Seed
Root Depth [1]  14 inches (36 cm)
Scent [2]  The leaves and stems are pleasantly aromatic when crushed.
Seed Spread Rate [1]  Rapid
Seed Vigor [1]  Medium
Seeds Per [1]  732641 / lb (1615199 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Erect
Structure [2]  Shrub
Usage [2]  The latex obtained from the roots could be used in making rubber; Unfortunately it is not produced in sufficient quantity to make commercial extraction worthwhile; A green dye is obtained from the bark; A yellow-gold dye is obtained from the flowers; It is orange when alum is used as a mordant;
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  None
Flower Color [1]  Yellow
Foliage Color [1]  Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Flower Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Fruit Conspicuous [1]  Yes
Height [2]  39 inches (1 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 4 Low Temperature: -30 F° (-34.4 C°) → -20 F° (-28.9 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Infertile
Water Use [1]  Low
Screening - Summer [1]  Moderate
Screening - Winter [1]  Moderate
View Plants For A Future Record : Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus

Protected Areas

Predators

Chlosyne acastus (Sagebrush Checkerspot)[3]
Chlosyne palla (Northern Checkerspot)[4]
Lemmiscus curtatus (sagebrush vole)[5]
Neotoma cinerea (bushy-tailed woodrat)[6]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Lemmiscus curtatus, Lynn E. Carroll and Hugh H. Genoways, Mammalian Species No. 124, pp. 1-6 (1980)
♦ 6Neotoma cinerea, Felisa A. Smith, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 564, pp. 1-8 (1997)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0