| Common Name |
Brittle Bush, Incienso |
| Latin Name |
Encelia farinosa |
| Native Habitat |
Southern California slopes below 5,000 feet |
| Soil |
Dry, decomposed granite, sand, clay loam low in organic
content, well drained |
| Water |
Once or twice per month |
| Height X Width |
3 feet X 3 feet |
| Protective Mechanism |
Aromatic oils discourage browsers |
| Leaves |
Evergreen, aromatic silver leaves |
| Garden Suitability |
Thornless, Hummingbird, Fragrance, Songbird, Moonlight,
Butterfly, Ethnobotanical |
| Ornamental Value |
Yellow flowers blooming all spring, fragrant, cold
marginal |
| Nature Value |
Butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds use flowers; browse
for deer and bighorn sheep |
| Native American Uses |
Leaves and branches used for saging, gum eaten from ends
of mature stems, dried leaves used as tender to start fires |
| Links |
|
| Images and data |
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54220/ |
| Images and data |
http://ag.arizona.edu/pima/gardening/aridplants/Encelia_farinosa.html |
| Images and data |
http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Asteraceae/Encelia_farinosa.html |
| Images and data |
http://www.fireflyforest.com/flowers/yellows/yellow06.html |
| Images and data |
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ENFA |
| Images and data |
http://www.delange.org/Brittlebush/Brittlebush.htm |
| Images and data |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encelia_farinosa |
| Images and
data |
http://cabezaprieta.org/plant_page.php?id=1203 |
| Images and
data |
http://www.sunnygardens.com/garden_plants/encelia/encelia_1100.php |
| Data |
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Encelia+farinosa |
| Data |
http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/encfar/all.html |
| Distribution |
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=2964 |
| Distribution |
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ENFA |
| Nursery, images, and
data |
http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/261.htm |
| Nursery, images, and
data |
http://www.cnplx.info/nplx/species?taxon=Encelia+farinosa |
