Encelia virginensis
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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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Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...
known by the common name Virgin River brittlebush. This shrub is native to the southwestern United States, particularly the Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert occupies a significant portion of southeastern California and smaller parts of central California, southern Nevada, southwestern Utah and northwestern Arizona, in the United States...
. 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
Head (botany)
The capitulum is considered the most derived form of inflorescence. Flower heads found outside Asteraceae show lesser degrees of specialization....
with 11 to 21 ray florets which are generally yellow and a center of yellow disc florets. The fruit is an achene
Achene
An achene is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate and indehiscent...
5 to 8 millimeters long and usually lacking a pappus
Pappus (flower structure)
The pappus is the modified calyx, the part of an individual disk, ray or ligule floret surrounding the base of the corolla, in flower heads of the plant family Asteraceae. The pappus may be composed of bristles , awns, scales, or may be absent. In some species, the pappus is too small to see...
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