Tag: Coconino County

As inlandwest attests, if rabbitbrush is blooming summer must be near its end. It is the western equivalent of the goldenrods back east. Unfortunately, rabbitbrush seems to be an all-purpose generic moniker for low-growing yellow fall flowers. In fact, there are about twenty western species in three genera that are all called rabbitbrush. I think the flowers in these photos, taken at Walnut Canyon National Monument, are in the genus Ericameria. 

As inlandwest attests, if rabbitbrush is blooming summer must be near its end. It is the western equivalent of the goldenrods back east. Unfortunately, rabbitbrush seems to be an all-purpose generic moniker for low-growing yellow fall flowers. In fact, there are about twenty western species in three genera that are all called rabbitbrush. I think the flowers in these photos, taken at Walnut Canyon National Monument, are in the genus Ericameria.