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encelia

Yellow daisy-like flowers, mild painkiller, used for toothaches, arthritic pain, mild analgesic. Common desert shrub with brittle stems. (sometimes called Brittlebush). up to 3 ft (1m). Yellow brown resin collected from the base of the plant can be heated and used as glue. A different, more fragrant, gummy sort of clear yellow resin is collected from the upper stems, used as chewing gum or to seal pottery vessels. Smells similar to frankenscense. Branch can be used as a toothbrush by peeling off the bitter bark, no need for toothpaste. Leaves triangular, simple, alternate; silvery, gray or whitish.
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Otras especies frecuentes fueron los arbustos Dalea carthagenensis y Encelia canescens, ademas del cacto Melocactus peruvianus.
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Vegetation characterization along an altitudinal gradient in the Cochahuayco community, middle basin of the Lurin River, Lima/Caracterizacion de la vegetacion a lo largo de una gradiente altitudinal en la Comunidad de Cochahuayco, cuenca media del rio Lurin, Lima
Intraspecific competitive effects on water relations, growth and reproduction in Encelia farinosa.
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Photosynthetic responses to slowly decreasing leaf water potentials in Encelia frutescens.
Photosynthesis in Encelia farinosa (Grey) in response to decreasing leaf water potential.
Photosynthetic acclimation to temperature and drought in the endemic chelan rockmat, Petrophytum cinerascens (Rosaceae)
Abunda Cordia lutea, Encelia canescens y Capparis avicenniifolia.
El charamusco Encelia canescens domina en las arbustivas le sigue Cordia lutea y dos especies mas (INRENA, 1998).
Evaluacion de cambios en la cobertura y uso de la tierra con imagenes de satelite en Piura - Peru
Larrea, Ambrosia, and Encelia had the greatest live perennial-plant cover on unburned upland sites.
Desert fires fueled by native annual forbs: effects of fire on communities of plants and birds in the lower Sonoran Desert of Arizona
Within each plot, the presence/absence (frequency) of Coleogyne, Yucca, Encelia, and Gutierrezia plants was recorded.
Interspecific association between blackbrush and its three commonly associated woody species in Southern Nevada
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Evidence of different adaptations of flower color variants of Encelia farinosa (Compositae).
Natural selection against white petals in Phlox
Photosynthesis by flowers in Encelia farinosa (Asteraceae).
The evolution of floral longevity: resource allocation to maintenance versus construction of repeated parts in modular organisms

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