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A shrub (Encelia farinosa) in the composite family, native to Mexico and the southwest United States and having grayish foliage and showy flower heads with yellow rays.

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brittlebush - fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine

brittle bush, Encelia farinosa, incienso

wild flower, wildflower - wild or uncultivated flowering plant

Encelia, genus Encelia - genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush

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brittle bush Encelia Encelia farinosa genus Encelia incienso wild flower wildflower			In the low desert, Joshua Tree National Park and Anza-Borrego State Park are experiencing abundant wildflowers, including beautiful displays of white desert lily and lavender sand verbena, purple chia, lavender lupine and brittlebush. THE WILD BUNCH FROM POPPIES TO PRIMROSES, DESERT SUNFLOWERS TO ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Each room is dedicated to an indigenous healing plant traditionally used by the Southwestern Indians, including clary sage, brittlebush, juniper berry, and jojoba. Tucson: the Old Pueblo by Young, Don; Young, Marge / Romantic Weekends: America's Southwest The building acts as a hinge linking the dam to the hills, covered with black rock and the brilliant yellow flowers of the brittlebush and palo verde; hinging present to past. Dam good by Lamprecht, Barbara / The Architectural Review			British West Indies British White Britisher Britishism Britneyfication Briton Britpack Britpop Brits britt Brittanic Brittany Brittany spaniel Britten brittle brittle bladder fern brittle bone disease brittle bush brittle fern brittle maidenhair brittle maidenhair fern Brittle silver ore brittle star brittle willow brittle-star brittlebush Brittlely brittleness Brittonic britzka Britzska Brix scale Brize BRN Brno bro bro talk Bro. broach broached Broacher broad Broad acres broad arrow broad bean broad beech fern broad buckler-fern Broad Church broad gauge broad hatchet broad interpretation			Brittle failure Brittle failure Brittle failure Brittle failure brittle fern Brittle fracture Brittle fracture Brittle fracture Brittle fracture Brittle Fracture Pressure Limit Brittle Hair Syndrome brittle maidenhair brittle maidenhair fern brittle mica Brittle seastar Brittle seastar Brittle silver ore Brittle silver ore brittle star brittle star Brittle stars Brittle stars Brittle strength brittle temperature brittle willow brittle, friable Brittle-Ductile Transition brittle-star brittle-star Brittle-To-Ductile Transition Temperature brittlebush brittleheart brittlely brittlely brittlely brittlely brittleness brittleness brittleness brittleness brittler brittler brittler brittler brittles brittles brittles brittles brittlest brittlest brittlest brittlest Brittlestar Brittlestar brittlestars brittly brittly brittly brittly Britton, John Britton, Nathaniel L.

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