Encelia viscida A.Gray, 1876 Geraea viscida is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name sticky geraea, or sticky desertsunflower.

[2] Geraea viscida is a bristly, glandular perennial geophyte producing scrubby stems reaching anywhere from 30 centimeters (12 inches) to nearly a meter (39 inches) in height.

The slightly hairy leaves are several centimeters long and generally oval-shaped, sometimes with small teeth and basal lobes.

The phyllaries surrounding the flower head are particularly sticky.

The fruit is an achene up to a centimeter (0.4 inches) long, not including its pappus hairs.