''Chrysothamnus stylosus'', called pillar false gumweed, or resinbush, is a species of flowering plants in the tribe Astereae within the family

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. It is native to

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.Flora of North America Vol. 20 Page 190, Resinbush, ''Chrysothamnus stylosus'' (Eastwood) Urbatsch, R. P. Roberts & Neubig, Sida. 21: 1627. 2005.
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/ref> ''Chrysothamnus stylosus'' is a shrub up to 120 cm (48 inches) tall with bark that tends to turn gray and flaky when it gets old. Flower heads are yellow, usually produced in dense arrays of many heads. The species grows on sandy soil in canyonlands and open woodlands.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15595487 Astereae Flora of Arizona Flora of Utah Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region Endemic flora of the United States Plants described in 1896 Taxa named by Alice Eastwood Flora without expected TNC conservation status