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Pacific yerba santa

Eriodictyon traskiae

Also called Smith's Yerba Santa

Family
Namaceae (Nam family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. California (incl. Santa Catalina I.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Eriodictyon traskiae is a species of flowering plant in the family Namaceae family known by the common names Pacific yerba santa and Trask's yerba santa.

Where it grows

This shrub is endemic to California, where it grows on the chaparral slopes of the central Coast Ranges and Southern California Transverse Ranges.

Other Eriodictyon plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eriodictyon traskiae 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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