Flora of North America species comparison

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Encelia californica

bush sunflower, California brittlebush
Habit 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.
Peduncles

pubescent.
Involucres

10–12 mm.
Ray florets

15–25;

corolla laminae 15–35 mm.
Disc corollas

brown-purple, 5–6 mm.
Phyllaries

lanceolate.
Heads

borne singly.
Cypselae

5–7 mm;

pappi 0.
2n

= 36.

Encelia californica
Phenology Flowering Feb–Oct.
Habitat Coastal scrub
Elevation 0–600 m (0–2000 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 121.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Encelia
Sibling taxa
E. actoni, E. farinosa, E. frutescens, E. nutans, E. resinifera, E. scaposa, E. virginensis
Name authority Nuttall: Trans. Amer Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 357. (1841)
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