californica (California Brittlebush) - E. farinosa (Brittle Bush) - E. farinosa var. farinosa (Goldenhills) - E. farinosa var. farinosa Gray ex Torr. (Goldenhills) - E. farinosa var. phenicodonta (Purple Brittlebush) - E. farinosa var.
brittlebush Asteraceae Encelia farinosa A. Gray ex Torr. symbol: ENFA
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Brittlebush can be found growing in the coastal chaparral and interior valleys of southern California, east to the creosote bush scrub, Death Valley through the Mojave Desert and the Colorado Desert, and south to Baja California.
Brittlebush - Encelia farinosa
Broadleaf - Plantago major
Brown Betty - Rudbeckia hirta
Brown-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia hirta, Rudbeckia triloba
Buckeye (California Buckeye) - (Aesculus californica)
Buckeye - Aesculus spp.
Encelia farinosa (Brittlebush, Incienso)
Ericameria × bolanderi (Rubber Rabbitbrush, Gray Rabbitbrush)
Ericameria laricifolia (Turpentine Bush, Aguirre)
Ericameria nauseosa (Rubber Rabbitbrush)
Erigeron divergens (Fleabane Daisy, Green Rabbit bush) ...
Brittlebush. Sonora Desert Museum. Tuscon, Arizona.
Encelia farinosa. Brittlebush. Close-up. The fragrant resin is used as an incense and for glue and waterproofing. The sap doesn't melt in the sun.
In smaller gardens, place two or three along with brittlebush and some desert ephemerals for a big show in the spring. Globe mallows live only a few years, so let yours mature and scatter their own seed to provide a renewing patch of color.
 See also: Green, Daisy, Evergreen, Orange, Marigold
  
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