| Chrysothamnus vaseyi | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Homotypic synonyms
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Chrysothamnus vaseyi is a species of flowering plant in tribe Astereae in the daisy family Asteraceae. It is native to the Southwestern United States. The specific epithet vaseyi honors the American botanist George S. Vasey. The species is commonly called Vasey's rabbitbrush.
Description
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.
Taxonomy
Chrysothamnus vaseyi was first described as Bigelowia vaseyi by the American botanist Asa Gray in 1876. The type specimen was collected by George S. Vasey at Middle Park in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado in 1868. The American botanist Edward Lee Greene placed Bigelowia vaseyi in genus Chrysothamnus in 1895. As of January 2025, Chrysothamnus vaseyi (A.Gray) Greene is a widely accepted name.
Distribution and habitat
Chrysothamnus vaseyi has been found in Utah, Colorado, northern New Mexico, southern Wyoming, northern[Arizona (Navajo County) and eastern Nevada (White Pine County). It grows in open woodlands alongside pine and oak.
References
- NatureServe (3 January 2025). "Chrysothamnus vaseyi". NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "Chrysothamnus vaseyi (A.Gray) Greene". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- "Bigelowia vaseyi A.Gray". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- Gray (1876), p. 58.
- "Chrysothamnus vaseyi (A.Gray) Greene". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- "Chrysothamnus vaseyi (A.Gray) Greene". WFO Plant List. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- "Chrysothamnus vaseyi". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- Urbatsch, Lowell E.; Roberts, Roland P.; Neubig, Kurt M. (2006). "Chrysothamnus vaseyi". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 20. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Bibliography
- Gray, Asa (1876). "Contributions to the botany of North America". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 12: 51–84. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
External links
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| Chrysothamnus vaseyi |
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| Bigelowia vaseyi | |