Scientific Name: Encelia farinosa
Date Collected: April 23, 2011
Location Collected: At UCLA Botanical Garden, on the other side of Hilgard Street near Manning Street next to a fence straight down from the entrance at Hilgard Street.
Habitat: Found in deserts, they tend to grow on rocky hillsides, can grow during both the fall and the winter season, and blooms only in winter season.
Nativity: This plant is native to California, including the lands of Arizona, & and the entire southwestern US, and is found but not native in Hawaii.
Special Notes: The flowers produced can attract butterflies, especially when other blooming plants are quite scarce, the mature stems(broken) can be edible for a resinous gum which was a chewing gum back in the past. Finally, the fragrance of that gum can also be burned as incense.
Resources: USDA- Plant Characteristics
Southeastern Arizona Wildflowers
ITIS Standard Report Page
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