''Chrysothamnus vaseyi'', called Vasey's rabbitbrush, is a North American species of flowering plants in the tribe

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). ''Chrysothamnus vaseyi'' is a branching shrub up to 30 cm (12 inches) tall with tan or gray bark, becoming flaky as it gets old. It has many small, yellow

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clumped into dense arrays. The species grows in open woodlands alongside pine and oak.Flora of North America, Vasey’s rabbitbrush, ''Chrysothamnus vaseyi'' (A. Gray) Greene
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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in New Mexico, type specimen of ''Chrysothamnus vaseyi''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q15595692 Astereae Flora of the Northwestern United States Flora of the Southwestern United States Flora of New Mexico Plants described in 1895 Taxa named by Asa Gray Taxa named by Edward Lee Greene Flora without expected TNC conservation status