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Definition of Chrysothamnus
1. Noun. Genus of low branching shrubs of western North America.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Goldenbush, Chrysothamnus Nauseosus, Rabbit Brush, Rabbit Bush
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysothamnus
Literary usage of Chrysothamnus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Chrysothamnus Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II) 7: 323. 184o. ... Type species :
Chrysothamnus pumilus Nutt. Heads about 6" high; involucral bracts obtuse or ..."
2. New Manual of Botany of the Central Rocky Mountains (vascular Plants) by John Merle Coulter, Aven Nelson (1909)
"\ъ~1.,—Not infrequent in Colorado and New Mexico. 9. Chrysothamnus ... Chrysothamnus
affinis attenuatus Jor.e=y A. Neb. 1. c. An erect form with very rler. ..."
3. Erythea: Journal of Botany, West American and General (1895)
"... absence of near affinity between Linosyris proper and these shrubs of the Far
West, and perceived the necessity of reinstating Nuttall's Chrysothamnus. ..."
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