Ericameria nauseosa - Rubber rabbitbrush

Rubber rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) is an evergreen shrub of the cold semi-arid North American steppe and high desert, its root chewed as a gum and used in traditional medicine.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Wildlife habitat¹
• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Ericameria nauseosa | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩