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Lepechinia cardiophylla
Also called Heart Leaved Pitcher Sage
Lepechinia cardiophylla is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Santa Ana pitcher sage and heart-leaved pitcher sage. A broad-leaved fragrant shrub, it has distinct pitcher-shaped flowers. It is native to the Peninsular Ranges and found in the Santa Ana Mountains of Southern California, a few locations in San Diego County, and some of the coastal mountains of northern Baja California. Few populations of the plant are known and many of them are located in areas that are threatened by development and other human activity.
Lepechinia cardiophylla was first described from the chaparral of the Santa Ana Mountains of Orange County, California, where it is mostly concentrated. A disjunct population is located in San Diego County, around Iron Mountain in Poway, occupying the intermediate gap between the larger populations in the Santa Anas and the ones in Baja California. In southern San Diego County, the species is instead replaced by the distinct Lepechinia ganderi. In Baja California, this species is found abundantly on the Cerro Bola, and is distributed south to the coastal mountains of Ensenada to Ejido Eréndira. Its distribution is possibly relictual.
Woodbalm · Island pitchersage · San Diego pitchersage · Pakaha · Lepechinia leucophylloides · Lepechinia mutica · Lepechinia paniculata · Ross' pitcher sage · Lepechinia rufocampi · Pitchersage
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lepechinia cardiophylla 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.
