Chrysothamnus greenei

(Greene’s Rabbitbrush)

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Chrysothamnus greenei, Knife Edge Trail, Mesa Verde NP, Montezuma Co. 1081

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Chrysothamnus greenei, Knife Edge Trail, Mesa Verde NP, Montezuma Co. 1087

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Chrysothamnus greenei, Knife Edge Trail, Mesa Verde NP, Montezuma Co. 1078

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Chrysothamnus greenei, Knife Edge Trail, Mesa Verde NP, Montezuma Co. 1085

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Chrysothamnus greenei, Knife Edge Trail, Mesa Verde NP, Montezuma Co. 1095

Scientific Name Chrysothamnus greenei USDA PLANTS Symbol CHGR6
Common Name Greene's Rabbitbrush ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. 37052
Family Asteraceae (Sunflower) SEINet
Reference
Description Life zones and habitat: Plains and foothills (5000 to 8500 ft.); dry, sandy or rocky soils in desert to semi- desert areas.
Plant: Low-moderate height shrub 8 to 20 inches tall; stems with light gray bark, becoming flaky with age; newer growth is upright, smooth, green becoming tan.
Leaves: Very narrow, linear blades 3/8 to 1-5/8 inches long and up to 2 mm wide; usually flat with a faint midrib; tips are acute to apiculate; margins are smooth or hirtellous (pubescent with minute and somewhat rigid hairs); surfaces are smooth.
Inflorescence: Dense cyme-like arrays about 1-5/8-inches wide with upper leaves reaching into but not overtopping the arrays; flowers with no rays, each with 4 or 5 yellow disk florets with spreading corolla lobes and protruding style; involucres are cylindric to turbinate 5 to 8 mm tall with phyllaries with keels in 3 or 4 layers.
Bloom Period: July to September.
References: "Flora of Colorado" by Jennifer Ackerfield, Flora of North America and SW Colorado Wildflowers.		 BONAP Distribution Map


Map Color Key		 Colorado Status:
Native
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