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Encelia ravenii

Encelia ravenii
Photo: Themodoccypress, CC BY-SA 4.0

Encelia ravenii is a small, multi-branched perennial shrub from Baja California, Mexico, known only from one granite hill near San Felipe. It grows well in hot, dry, sunny conditions with very little water.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Fast-draining sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NW. Mexico

About

Encelia ravenii is a multi−branched perennial shrub, reaching 1–3 feet (0.30–0.91 m) in height. The branches are lined with oval to roughly triangular leaves a few centimeters long, that are gray-green and woolly in texture.

The inflorescence is a solitary daisylike flower head 1–2 inches (2.5–5.1 cm) in diameter, on a tall, erect peduncle. The head has a center of many yellow disc florets surrounded by up to 25 white ray florets. The involucre consists of long, prominent phyllaries. It blooms in the Spring.

Where it grows

The plant is native to Baja California in México, where it is known only from one small granite hill near the Gulf Coast town of San Felipe.

Other Encelia plants

Acton Encelia · California brittlebush · Encelia densifolia · Brittlebush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Encelia ravenii 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.

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