Noun: Chrysothamnus nauseosus
- Pleasantly aromatic shrub having erect slender flexible hairy branches and dense clusters of small yellow flowers covering vast areas of western alkali plains and affording a retreat for jackrabbits; source of a yellow dye used by the Navajo
"Chrysothamnus nauseosus dominated the desert landscape";
- rabbit brush, rabbit bush
Type of: goldenbush
Part of: Chrysothamnus, genus Chrysothamnus
Encyclopedia: Chrysothamnus nauseosus