Green Encelia

The scientific name is Encelia virginensis and its habitat is is described being as high as 5000 FASL.

It is a member of the sunflower family, Astoraceae. These plants grow in bushes that can be 4 to 5 feet wide and more than 10 feet long in hedges along dry stream beds along Lake Mead and other places in Southern Nevada.

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