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Sessile Leaved Yerba Santa

Eriodictyon sessilifolium

Sessile Leaved Yerba Santa
Photo: (c) Alan Rockefeller, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Namaceae (Nam family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Native range
Mexico (Baja California Norte)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Eriodictyon sessilifolium, known by the common names Baja California yerba santa, sessile-leaved yerba santa or sessileleaf yerba santa is a perennial shrub in the family Namaceae family, near-endemic to Baja California but also rarely found in the southern California, in a locality near Poway.

Where it grows

This plant is mostly found in Baja California, from Ensenada south to San Quintin. An occurrence was found in 2015 near Poway, California, growing on Santiago Peak metavolcanics.

Other Eriodictyon plants

Indian Knob mountainbalm · Narrowleaf yerba santa · California yerba santa · Lompoc yerba santa · Thickleaf yerba santa · Woolly yerba santa · Pacific yerba santa · Hairy yerba santa · Yerba Santa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriodictyon sessilifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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