Encelia virginensis
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| Encelia virginensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Encelia |
| Species: | E. virginensis |
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| Encelia virginensis A.Nels. |
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Encelia virginensis is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name Virgin River brittlebush. This shrub is native to the southwestern United States, particularly the Mojave Desert. This is a bushy, sprawling shrub reaching heights between one half and 1.5 meters. It has many branches, with the younger parts hairy and the older stems developing a thickened bark. The gray-green, fuzzy to hairy foliage may be sparse. Atop many erect, hairy stems are solitary daisylike flower heads with 11 to 21 ray florets which are generally yellow and a center of yellow disc florets. The fruit is an achene 5 to 8 millimeters long and usually lacking a pappus.
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