Biology:Chrysothamnus vaseyi

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Chrysothamnus vaseyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Chrysothamnus
Species:	C. vaseyi
Binomial name
Chrysothamnus vaseyi (A.Gray) Greene
Synonyms
Aster vaseyi (A.Gray) Kuntze Bigelowia vaseyi A.Gray Chrysothamnus bakeri Greene Ericameria vaseyi (A.Gray) L.C.Anderson

Chrysothamnus vaseyi, called Vasey's rabbitbrush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family Asteraceae. It has been found in Utah, Colorado, northern New Mexico, southern Wyoming, northern Arizona (Navajo County) and eastern Nevada (White Pine County).

Chrysothamnus vaseyi is a branching shrub up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall with tan or gray bark, becoming flaky as it gets old. It has many small, yellow flower heads clumped into dense arrays. The species grows in open woodlands alongside pine and oak.

External links

• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico, type specimen of Chrysothamnus vaseyi

Wikidata ☰ Q15595692 entry