- Encelia farinosa
Taxobox
name = "Encelia farinosa"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Asterales
familia =Asteraceae
genus = "Encelia "
species = "E. farinosa"
binomial = "Encelia farinosa"
binomial_authority = Torr. & A.Gray"Encelia farinosa", or Brittlebush, is a common
desert shrub of northwesternMexico and thesouthwestern United States . Its common name comes from the brittleness of its stems.It is also called "incienso" because its dried stems were burned by early Spanish settlers as
incense .Description
"Encelia farinosa" grows to 1 m tall, with fragrant leaves 3-8 cm long, ovate to deltoid, and silvery
tomentose . The capitula are 3-3.5 cm diameter, with orange-yellowray floret s and yellow or purple-browndisc floret s. They are arranged in loosepanicle s above the leafy stemsfruit 3-6 mm and there is no pappus.Habitat Characteristics
"Encelia farinosa" can be found in a variety of habitats from dry gravelly slopes to open sandy washes up to 1000 m. It does well in cultivation and recently has spread dramatically in areas not natural to its distribution in large part because Caltrans has begun to use it in
hydroseeding .Varieties
*Encelia farinosa var. farinosa Gray ex Torr. -- goldenhills
*Encelia farinosa var. phenicodonta (Blake) I.M. Johnston -- goldenhills, purple brittlebush
*Encelia farinosa var. radians Brandeg. ex Blake -- goldenhillsExternal links
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ENFA USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/encfar/all.html US Fire Service Index of Species Information]
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