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button brittlebush

Encelia frutescens

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) tiwane, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 122, February 106, March 110, April 137, May 133, June 98, July 84, August 85, September 108, October 111, November 142, December 110.
United States2,220
California1,345
Arizona481
Nevada317
Utah72
Mexico26
Baja California19
Sonora7
New Mexico5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusbrittlebushes · Encelia

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