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Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
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Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)

General: Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) is a large, upright shrub. The fresh stems and leaves are densely hairy (felt-like). The leaves are long, linear, and lack resin pits. During fall, clusters of yellow flowers are produced at the ends of the stems. The flowerheads are composed only of disk flowers. The phyllaries are of unequal length in several series, but aligned vertically. Sometimes there is a strong odor.

Rubber Rabbitbrush is a fairly common component of vegetation communities in dry, well-drained gravelly areas on upper bajadas into the lower mountains in the Upper Sonoran (Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) and Transition (Yellow Pine Forest) life zones.

Around Las Vegas, look for Rubber Rabbitbrush in the mountains around town, particularly along roads on Mt. Charleston and up in the Sheep Range.

Family: Sunflower (Asteraceae), formerly Ericameria nauseosa.

Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush uppermost leaves
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush uppermost leaves
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush leaves covered in dense white hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush leaves covered in dense white hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush upper stems and leaves covered in dense white hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush upper stems and leaves covered in dense white hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush stem with dense, felt-like hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush stem with dense, felt-like hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Sometimes the felt-like hairs are so dense they don't look like hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Sometimes the felt-like hairs are so dense they don't look like hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush upper stems and leaves covered in dense white hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush upper stems and leaves covered in dense white hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush old lower stems lose the dense white hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush old lower stems lose the dense white hairs
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush flowers
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush flowers
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush with only disk flowers
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Phyllaries unequal length, arranged in rows
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Phyllaries unequal length, arranged linearly
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Phyllaries unequal length, arranged linearly
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush dried flowers during winter
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa)
Rubber Rabbitbrush dried flowers during winter

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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