Great Basin Rabbitbrush, Mountain Rubber Rabbitbrush
Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila
Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. artus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus var. artus, Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis, Ericameria nauseosa var. arta
![Inflorescence of Great Basin Rabbitbrush, Mountain Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila (Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. artus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus var. artus, Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis, Ericameria nauseosa var. arta)](nauseosa/oreophila/oreophila08-11-2015d.jpg)
Mountain rubber rabbitbrush as seen on rocky, gravelly slopes along the Slide Basin Trail #372, about one and one-half miles west of Slide Lake, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness..........August 11, 2015.
![Great Basin Rabbitbrush, Mountain Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila (Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. artus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus var. artus, Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis, Ericameria nauseosa var. arta)](nauseosa/oreophila/nauseosa10-25-2017a.jpg)
- ![Great Basin Rabbitbrush, Mountain Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila (Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. artus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus var. artus, Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis, Ericameria nauseosa var. arta)](nauseosa/oreophila/oreophilus10-25-2017b.jpg)
Great Basin rabbitbrush as seen in bloom on slopes above the eastern bank of the John Day River from Oregon Highway 206 downstream for half a mile in Cottonwood Canyon State Park........October 25, 2017.
- ![Inflorescence and upper stem leaves of Great Basin Rabbitbrush, Mountain Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila (Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. artus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus var. artus, Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis, Ericameria nauseosa var. arta)](nauseosa/oreophila/oreophila08-11-2015b.jpg)
- ![Great Basin Rabbitbrush, Mountain Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila (Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. artus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus var. artus, Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis, Ericameria nauseosa var. arta)](nauseosa/oreophila/oreophila08-11-2015e.jpg)
Mountain rubber rabbitbrush as seen on rocky, gravelly slopes along the Slide Basin Trail #372, about one and one-half miles west of Slide Lake, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness..........August 11, 2015. This subspecies has narrow (<1mm) leaves which become green as the growing season progresses.
- ![Great Basin Rabbitbrush, Mountain Rubber Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa var. oreophila (Synonyms: Chrysothamnus nauseosus ssp. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. artus, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. consimilis, Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus, Chrysothamnus oreophilus var. artus, Ericameria nauseosa ssp. consimilis, Ericameria nauseosa var. arta)](nauseosa/oreophila/oreophila09-25-2016b.jpg)
Mountain rubber rabbitbrush as seen on the rocky edges of a jeep track climbing the eastern face of Spanish Peak, Ochoco National Forest..........September 25, 2016. The leaves are becoming greenish.
Paul Slichter