Encelia farinosa

A.Gray ex Torr. (1848)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Encelia

brittle brush, brittle bush

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Description

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Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades lanceolate or ovate Apex acute or obtuse. Base attenuate. Margins entire, serrate/dentate, or undulate.

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Maui Naturalized

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Not. Milit. Reconn. 143 (1848)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:313 (EM, WM)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Encelia farinosa W Maui, between Maalaea and Waikapu Open Kula (pasture) land Preserved_Specimen Fleming, D.T. Maui BISH 1937-01-15
2 Encelia farinosa Waialai flats Preserved_Specimen Lyon, H.L. 10310 Maui BISH 1909-05-18
3 Encelia farinosa Kihei Preserved_Specimen Krauss, N.L.H. 1095 Maui BISH 1967-03-14
4 Encelia farinosa Maui Preserved_Specimen Broadbent Maui BISH 1940-02-29
5 Encelia farinosa Puunene, HC&S Co., Field 18-B Rocky waste land near dump pile Preserved_Specimen Crawford, J.M. Maui BISH 1940-03-05
6 Encelia farinosa East Maui, Kihei, Kulanihakoi Gulch Upper, steep, gulch walls, out of the reach of cattle and deer. Preserved_Specimen Sparingly naturalized. Grayish, short tomentose shrubs to 1 meter tall x 1.3 m broad. Much branched. Inflorescence a terminal panicle well above the leaves. Hobdy, R.W. 4273 Maui BISH 2006-10-10
7 Encelia farinosa East Maui, Mauka of the old Puunene Airport In Dry buffalo grass field between cane fields Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1866 Maui BISH 1983-11-15
8 Encelia farinosa Kamaole, near hotels In dry pastures, in Kiawe-Buffalo grass Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 1379 Maui BISH 1982-05-01
9 Encelia farinosa Upper Kihei Road, HC&S Plantation In cane fields on an open grassy ridge Preserved_Specimen Plants 2-3 ft. tall, wide spreading 2-5 ft. Woody suffrutocose, flower stalks project up to a foot or more above foliage Hobdy, R.W. 972 Maui BISH 1981-01-12
10 Encelia farinosa W Maui, Wailuku District, central Maui isthmus, Maui Lani subdivision, near gof course and back rd into Kahului Growing in sandy substrate in disturbed area of grass and kiawe, but with remnant Sida fallax and Waltheria indica Preserved_Specimen Many branched rounded shrubs about 1m tall; flowers yellow Oppenheimer, H.L. 31404 Maui BISH 2014-03-24
11 Encelia farinosa Puunene, HC&S Co., Field 19-B Rocky waste land near dump pile Preserved_Specimen Crawford, J.M. Maui BISH 1940-03-04
12 Encelia farinosa Alaeloaiki Preserved_Specimen 2 m shrub St.John, H. 20355 Maui BISH 1943-07-11