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[Species] California bush sunflower (Encelia californica) [Notes on the species] 
Our native sunflower has beautiful yellow flowers with a black center. This perennial shrub is many branched and can grow two to five feet in height. It quickly puts on its showy flowers following winter rains, then quickly becomes dormant when the rains stop.
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Notes on the species