It also has bright golden yellow flowers and is starting to bloom now. Green rabbit-brush is green because it lacks hairs on the leaves and stem. The stems and flowers are somewhat sticky to the touch. Green rabbitbrush is a nice addition to the yard because of its bright green foliage in the summer when other native shrubs are generally gray-green in color. It is also two to three feet tall.
Some varieties can be taller.
Plants are usually less than three feet tall, but can be up to ten feet tall near water. Sagebrush is in flower now, although they are not much to look at. The flowers are very small, yellow, and located on dense flowering stalks at the top of the shrub. Seeds will drop in the fall and early winter. Sagebrush is evergreen with gray-green leaves that have three lobes at the tip.