Encelia Species, Brittle Bush, Goldhills, Incienso, White Brittlebush

Central Phoenix -- Brittlebush is such an iconic Sonoran Desert flower. Mine grows in a bed raised 3 feet above the main yard level. It...Read More gets only natural precipitation. A palo blanco and nearby creosote give it a bit too much shade, but aside from getting taller and lankier, it still does well.

Saw this around Shoshone, Amargosa and Death Valley alot. Beautiful plant, much more heavily flowered when growing along roadsides due to runoff.

I've seen this growing in the wild in the South Mountian Preserve in Phoenix and surrounding Phoenix desert, and on the 'El Camino Del Di...Read Moreablo Trail' (Devils' Highway) that runs between Ajo and Wellton in Arizona through the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge.

Do not over-water, or the plant will grow too quickly and crack under its own weight