brittlebush — noun fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine • Syn: ↑brittle bush,… … Useful english dictionary
brittlebush — rittlebush n. 1. fragrant rounded shrub of SW US and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine. Syn: brittle bush, incienso,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Encelia farinosa — noun fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine • Syn: ↑brittlebush,… … Useful english dictionary
incienso — noun fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine • Syn: ↑brittlebush,… … Useful english dictionary
Coastal sage scrub — Further information: Chaparral Coastal Sage Scrub in the Santa Rosa Plateau, with oak woodland visible in the background. Coastal sage scrub (orcoastal scrub or CSS) is a low scrubland plant community found in the California chaparral and… … Wikipedia
White-Throated Woodrat — Conservation status Least Concern ( … Wikipedia
Piestewa Peak — Squaw Peak (also known as Piestewa Peak), at 2608 feet (795 meters) is the second highest point in the Phoenix Mountains, after Camelback Mountain, and the third highest in the city of Phoenix, Arizona. It is located in the Phoenix Mountains… … Wikipedia
Harquahala Mountains — viewed from north side following an unusually wet spring. Bright yellow shrubs are Brittle Bush, (Encelia farinosa). The Harquahala Mountains are the highest mountain range in southwestern Arizona, USA and are located southwest of the towns of… … Wikipedia
Encelia — noun genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush • Syn: ↑genus Encelia • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Encelia — noun genus of shrubs of southwestern United States and Mexico: brittlebush • Syn: ↑Encelia • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑As … Useful english dictionary