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Chrysothamnus 
Chrysothamnus nauseosus Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Tribe: Astereae Genus: Chrysothamnus
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- For Gray (or Rubber) and Parry's rabbitbrush see Ericameria
Chrysothamnus (common names include rabbitbrush, rabbitbush, and chamisa) is a member of the plant family Asteraceae. It is a semi-deciduous shrub, sometimes also called sagebrush. The native distribution is in the arid western United States and northern Mexico. It is known for its bright white or yellow flowers in late summer.[citation needed]
Chrysothamnus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora linosyridella, Coleophora viscidiflorella (which have both been recorded on C. viscidiflorus) and Schinia walsinghami.[citation needed]
Species include:
- Chrysothamnus albidus - whiteflower rabbitbrush
- Chrysothamnus depressus - dwarf rabbitbrush, longflower rabbitbrush
- Chrysothamnus eremobius - pintwater rabbitbrush, remote rabbitbrush
- Chrysothamnus gramineus - Panamint rock rabbitbrush
- Chrysothamnus greenei - Greene's rabbitbrush
- Chrysothamnus humilis - Truckee rabbitbrush
- Chrysothamnus molestus - Arizona rabbitbrush
- Chrysothamnus nauseosus - tall blue rabbitbrush, chamisa, rabbitbush
- Chrysothamnus vaseyi - Vasey's rabbitbrush
- Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus - yellow rabbitbrush
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