Ericameria nauseosa var. hololeuca

White rabbitbrush, White Rabbitbrush

Family: Asteraceae · Type: shrub · Native

White rabbitbrush is a California native shrub found in the Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi Mountains, southern Coast Ranges, western Transverse Ranges, eastern Sierra Nevada, western Mojave Desert, and Desert Mountains in scrub or woodland at elevations of 150 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from August to October, this plant produces creamy white flowers in dense clusters with straw-colored involucres. Growing 0.3 to 2.5 meters tall with fragrant, leafy stems that are closely tomentose and range from white to gray- or yellow-green, it forms a distinctive rounded shape. Its leaves are 30 to 70 millimeters long, narrowly lanceolate, and sometimes reflexed, creating a soft, textured appearance. The shrub's delicate flower clusters have corolla lobes that are short and either erect or slightly bent inward.

Habitat: Common. Well-drained granitic or limestone soils in scrub or woodland

Bloom period: Aug-Oct

Elevation: 150-2500 m

Bioregions: SNH, Teh, SCoRO, WTR, SNE, w DMoj, DMtns

California counties: San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Mono, Inyo, Kern, Alpine, Lassen, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Riverside, Modoc

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.