A pleasant smelling small shrub with hairy branches and groups of yellow flowers found across the American Great Basin. It provides nesting and cover to small birds and jackrabbits. The Navajo make yellow dye from the flowers.
"Green rabbit brush in flower forming a sea of yellow, August, 30, 2009" by Matt Lavin is licensed under CC BY-SA.
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Utah State University 2006 Rubber Rabbitbrush. The Great Basin and Invasive Weeds. Http://www.usu.edu/weeds/plant_species/nativespecies/rabbitbrush.html, accessed July 8, 2014.
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