Green Rabbitbrush

Green rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus, Asteraceae) is a native shrub ranging from western North America east to North Dakota and south to Texas and California. It reaches 1 to 4 feet tall with much branching near the base on brittle stems. Linear, grass-like leaves (1 to 5 centimeters) are sticky and sessile. Yellow flowers appear in late summer in rounded, sticky clusters, followed by plumed achenes.

Green rabbitbrush grows in full sun and is highly drought-adapted, salt-tolerant, and tolerant of alkaline soils, hardy in Zones 3a to 8b. It is a late-season nectar source and a larval host for the sagebrush checkerspot butterfly. No pest or disease issues and no cultivars are documented.