Eriodictyon californicum

Identification

Eriodictyon californicum, Yerba Santa.
 Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum) with white flowers - grid24_3
Eriodictyon californicum, Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon californicum, Yerba Santa foliage and flowers - grid24_3
Eriodictyon californicum
Eriodictyon californicum, Yerba Santa shrub - grid24_3
Eriodictyon californicum, Yerba Santa
 Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon californicum) flowers - grid24_3
Eriodictyon californicum, Yerba Santa
Yerba Santa in the Sierras - grid24_3
Eriodictyon californicum
Yes Anna Hummingbirds like the flowers of Eriodictyon californicum Yerba Santa - grid24_3
A young male Anna Hummingbird visiting the flowers of Yerba Buena

Description

A five ft. perennial shrub. Indians and early settlers used it for cure-all. Now used for soil stabilization, will sucker along roots and tie-up a bank area. It's very drought tolerant. It grows in drier areas of Coast and Sierras. Associated plants range from Pinus Sabiniana with Arctostaphylos viscida, Rhamnus ilicifolia, Rhus trilobata, Quercus wislizensii, Cercocarpus betuloides, Ceanothus cuneatus and Quercus douglasii. In drainage channels it will many times be associated with Populus and Platanus. Soils are usually fast draining and can very from rocky granite to coarse sand. It suffers die-back but has plenty of suckers to carry it.

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Characteristics

Eriodictyon californicum Yerba Santa tolerates sand, clay and serpentine.

Eriodictyon californicum Yerba Santa's foliage color is white and type is evergreen.
Eriodictyon californicum Yerba Santa's flower color is blue.

Communities

Communities for Eriodictyon californicum Yerba Santa:Chaparral, Mixed-evergreen Forest, Northern Oak Woodland, Redwood Forest, Yellow Pine Forest and Central Oak Woodland.

Ranges for Eriodictyon californicum

ph: 5.00 to 8.00
usda: 5 to 10
height[m]: 1.00 to 2.00
width[m]: 1.00 to 3.00
rainfall[cm]: 50.00 to 129.00

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