Green, Sticky-leaved, Douglas, Yellow Rabbitbrush         kris-o-THAM-nus

• Evergreen to deciduous shrub, from 1-4 ft [0.3-1.2 m] tall, rounded, much branching near the base, brittle.  Young twigs green, later ash-gray or grayish-yellow.  Leaves alternate, simple, linear, 1-5 cm long, 1 mm wide, grass-like, light green, smooth or slightly pubescent, sticky, lacks a petiole (sessile).  Flowers bloom in late summer, yellow, small, in rounded clusters, sticky.  Fruit 5-ribbed achenes which are plumed aiding dispersal by wind.
• Sun.  Adapted to drought, grows on dry, well-drained medium to coarse-textured soils and exhibits salt tolerance.  Tolerant of alkaline soils.  Quickly invades disturbed, open sites, including burned and overgrazed rangelands.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 3     One of the most widely distributed shrubs on rangelands throughout western North America.  It native range extends from British Columbia south to southeastern California and east to North Dakota, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.  Generally found in desert or semi-desert environments.  Several (~5) subspecies recognized.
• viscidiflorus: with sticky flowers.