PLANTS Profile for Encelia californica (California brittlebush)

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PLANTS Profile

Encelia californica Nutt.
California brittlebush

Symbol:

ENCA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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©J.S. Peterson. USDA NRCS NPDC. United States, CA, Davis, University of California Davis Arboretum. June 9, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Encelia californica Nutt.

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Distribution:
Encelia californica Nutt.


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Encelia californica Nutt.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 8 species in Encelia

Classification:
Encelia californica Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Encelia Adans. – brittlebush
Species	Encelia californica Nutt. – California brittlebush

More Accounts and Images:
Encelia californica Nutt.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37307.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 03:32 PM CDT