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Eriodictyon californicum
Yerba santa is an evergreen, resinous aromatic shrub native to California and Oregon, growing in chaparral and coast redwood forest. It is tough and fire-adapted, resprouting from rhizomes after fire, and is grown mainly for habitat restoration.
Eriodictyon californicum, common name Yerba santa, is a species of plant in the family Namaceae. It is a perennial evergreen shrub native to California and Oregon.
It is native to California and Oregon, where it grows in several types of habitats, including chaparral and coast redwood forests.
This species of shrub is used for revegetating damaged or disturbed lands, such as overgrazed rangeland. It is strongly fire-adapted, sprouting from rhizomes after wildfire and developing a waxy film of flammable resins on its foliage.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
