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Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
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Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)

General: Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium) is a shrub that usually grows to about thigh-high and has long, narrow leaves that look wet and sticky. In early summer, the plant produces clusters of small, white, tubular flowers.

Yerba Santa is an uncommon component of vegetation communities on upper bajadas, moderate slopes, and washes in the Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub and Pinyon-Juniper Woodland) life zone. It can, however, be locally abundant.

Family: Waterleaf (Hydrophyllaceae).

Plant Form: Erect perennial shrub.

Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)

Height: Usually to about 2-feet tall, to 6 feet.

Bark: Shredded.

Stems: Sticky.

Leaves: Usually linear, but can be coarsely toothed; alternate, leathery; 1-4 inches long; margin rolled under. Upper surface shiny and sticky; lower surface densely hairy.

Flowers: Blooms June to July. Inflorescence terminal. Flowers white, tubular with five petals at right angles to the tube.

Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)

Seeds: Black.

Habitat: Dry, well-drained sandy, gravelly, and rocky soils on upper bajadas and moderate slopes, including washes.

Elevation: 5,000 to 6,000 feet.

Distribution: California to Utah, south into Baja California

Comments:

Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa usually is one among many shrub species
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa occasionally grows alone covering an area
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Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
During spring and early summer, leaves are shiny, bright green
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
During spring and early summer, leaves are shiny, bright green
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
During spring and early summer, leaves are shiny, bright green
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
During spring and early summer, leaves are shiny, bright green
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
During late summer through spring, leaves are dull green
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
During late summer through spring, leaves are dull green
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Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Sometimes leaves have wavy edges
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Dorsal and ventral surfaces of the same leaf
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Shiny dorsal surface
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Dull, hairy ventral surface
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
During late summer through spring, leaves are dull green
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
During late summer through spring, leaves are dull green
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Dorsal leaf surface: waxy shiny
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Ventral leaf surface: densely hairy between mesh of leaf veins
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Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Stems with gray bark
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Stems with gray bark
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium) Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium) Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
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Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa ripe fruits
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa ripe fruits
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Plant with dried flowers
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Dried flowers stand above the plant
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Dried flowers
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Dried flowers
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Dried flowers
Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon angustifolium)
Dried flowers

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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