Encelia

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Encelia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Encelia (Christopher Encel in 1577 wrote a book on oak galls). Compositae. Herbs or sub-shrubs, one or two of which have been sparingly introduced for planting in the southern parts of the United States. Rather showy plants with mostly yellow-rayed naked-stalked heads (rays now and then absent), and yellow or brownish disk: Lvs. alternate or opposite, entire, toothed or lobed, often white-tomentose: rays neutral, disk-fls. perfect; pappus none or an awn or scale for each margin or angle of the achene.—About 30 species, Utah and Calif. to Chile. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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