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Rubber Rabbitbrush - Ericameria nauseosa
Other Names:  Chrysothamnus nauseosus

Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S5
C-value: 4


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General Description
Plants 0.5–2 m. Stems ascending to erect, 1–2 m; twigs glabrate to tomentose. Leaves linear, 1–6 cm long, glabrous to tomentose; axillary fascicles absent. Inflorescence corymbiform, rounded. Involucres obconic, 6–12 mm high; phyllaries imbricate, lanceolate, mostly whitish, resinous, glabrate to tomentose. Rays absent. Disk flowers 4 to 6; corolla 5–10 mm long. Achenes tubular-obconic, 3–8 mm long, hairy (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Our plants are varieties nauseosa, speciosa (Nutt.) G.L. Nesom & G.I. Baird, oreophila (A. Nelson) G.L. Nesom & G.I. Baird, or graveolens (Nutt.) Reveal & Schuyler

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

Native
 


Range Comments
BC to MB south to CA, AZ, NM and TX (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 1932

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Habitat

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus bifarius, Bombus centralis, Bombus huntii, and Bombus melanopygus (Williams et al. 2014).


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