rabbitbrush
noun
rab·bit·brush ˈra-bət-ˌbrəsh 
variants or less commonly rabbit brush or rabbit bush
: any of various shrubby composite plants (genera Chrysothamnus, Ericameria, and Lorandersonia) of western North America that have narrow leaves and clusters of small, typically yellow flowers, and that are tolerant of dry, poor, alkaline soils
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In April, ruby-red paintbrush pokes out of the ground, and in late summer, vibrant yellow rabbitbrush flowers join the mix. —
Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026 Other shrubs to consider include rabbitbrush, Apache plume, shrubby cinquefoil, three-lobed sumac and Fremont mahonia. —Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025 September and October feature purple tansy aster, yellow rabbitbrush and fall tree color. —Johanna Read, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 Compared to the desolate, almost alien landscape of South Dakota, the North Dakota badlands are flush with vibrant vegetation: Rocky Mountain juniper woodlands, cottonwoods that thrive in the Little Missouri River basin, and sunflowers, asters, and rabbitbrush that bloom in the late summer months. —Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025 Residents in those states looking to help native pollinators can join their local Bumble Bee Atlas chapter or fill their gardens with native flowers such as thistles, milkweed, sunflowers and rabbitbrush to provide more food to these busy bees. —Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024 Do not plant highly flammable shrubs and trees, not even dwarf varieties in an urban environment, especially arborvitae, bamboo, broom, cedar, cypress, juniper, pampas grass, rabbitbrush or sagebrush. —Jeastman, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023 Dotted here and there are clumps of creosote and sagebrush, interrupted occasionally by splashes of yellow rabbitbrush. —Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023 Perched on a broad alluvial fan dotted with rabbitbrush and Joshua trees, this ragtag community of artists, misanthropes and urban refugees has little time for politicians. —Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
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Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026 Other shrubs to consider include rabbitbrush, Apache plume, shrubby cinquefoil, three-lobed sumac and Fremont mahonia. —Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025 September and October feature purple tansy aster, yellow rabbitbrush and fall tree color. —Johanna Read, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 Compared to the desolate, almost alien landscape of South Dakota, the North Dakota badlands are flush with vibrant vegetation: Rocky Mountain juniper woodlands, cottonwoods that thrive in the Little Missouri River basin, and sunflowers, asters, and rabbitbrush that bloom in the late summer months. —Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025 Residents in those states looking to help native pollinators can join their local Bumble Bee Atlas chapter or fill their gardens with native flowers such as thistles, milkweed, sunflowers and rabbitbrush to provide more food to these busy bees. —Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024 Do not plant highly flammable shrubs and trees, not even dwarf varieties in an urban environment, especially arborvitae, bamboo, broom, cedar, cypress, juniper, pampas grass, rabbitbrush or sagebrush. —Jeastman, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023 Dotted here and there are clumps of creosote and sagebrush, interrupted occasionally by splashes of yellow rabbitbrush. —Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023 Perched on a broad alluvial fan dotted with rabbitbrush and Joshua trees, this ragtag community of artists, misanthropes and urban refugees has little time for politicians. —Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2022
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