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Encelia californica
Nutt.
Family:
Asteraceae
California Brittlebush
Liz Makings
FNA
Resources
Curtis Clark in Flora of North America (vol. 21)
Shrubs,
50-150 cm.
Stems
with slender branches from bases, glabrous, developing smooth or roughened barks.
Leaves
cauline; petioles 5-25 mm; blades green, rhombic or narrowly ovate, 30-60 mm, apices acute, faces glabrous.
Heads
borne singly.
Peduncles
pubescent.
Involucres
10-12 mm.
Phyllaries
lanceolate.
Ray florets
15-25; corolla laminae 15-35 mm.
Disc corollas
brown-purple, 5-6 mm.
Cypselae
5-7 mm;
pappi
0.
2
n
= 36.
Flowering Feb-Oct. Coastal scrub; 0-600 m; Calif.; Mexico (Baja California).
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