Asteraceae
California brittlebush
Encelia californica
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Encelia
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- California brittlebush
Synonyms
- Encelia californica var. californica
- Encelia conspersa A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joe Decruyenaere, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kong of Lasers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Millie Basden, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrew Meeds, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: George Williams, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arvel Hernandez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.