Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to the northern Great Plains.
Habitat: Sagebrush desert to ponderosa pine forest openings.
Flowers: July-September
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, butterflies, wasps
Low, bushy shrubs to 1 m. tall, with brown bark and brittle, glabrous twigs.
Leaves 1-6 cm. long and 0.5-10 mm. wide, alternate, green, twisted and sticky.
Heads in compact, rounded clusters; flowers rayless, yellow, usually 5 in a head, the corollas 5-7 mm. long; involucre 5-8 mm. high, the bracts inbricated, about 15; pappus of numerous capillary bristles.
Publication: Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 324. 1840.
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ssp. lanceolatus – sticky-leaf rabbitbrush, yellow rabbitbrush
Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; south-central British Columbia to California, east to the northern Great Plains. -
ssp. viscidiflorus – sticky flowered rabbitbrush, sticky-leaf rabbitbrush, yellow rabbitbrush Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; central Washington to California, east to the northern Great Plains.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus checklist entry
OregonFlora: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus information
E-Flora BC: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus atlas page
CalPhotos: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus photos
