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Encelia densifolia, the Vizcaino encelia, is a multi-branched perennial shrub in the daisy family, known only from one small arroyo on the Vizcaino Peninsula of Baja California Sur, Mexico. It is a rare, narrowly endemic species, so it is seldom grown and care advice is drawn mainly from related desert Encelia species.
Encelia densifolia is a species of perennial shrub in the sunflower family commonly known as the Vizcaino encelia. This species is endemic to the Vizcaino Peninsula of Baja California Sur, Mexico.
The plant is native to Baja California Sur, México, where it is known only from one small, remote arroyo in the Sierra Santa Clara on the Vizcaino Peninsula.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Encelia densifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
