1. 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
   "Encelia farinosa is a common sight in desert landscapes";
   - brittlebush, brittle bush, incienso

Type of: wild flower, wildflower

Part of: Encelia, genus Encelia

Encyclopedia: Encelia farinosa