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Woolly Yerba Santa
( Eriodictyon tomentosum )
Eriodictyon tomentosum
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About Woolly Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon tomentosum)
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Eriodictyon tomentosum
is a species of flowering plant in the waterleaf family known by the common name woolly yerba santa. This shrub is endemic to California, where it grows on the chaparral slopes of the central coast ranges. It reaches maximum heights anywhere from one to three meters. Its twigs and foliage are covered in a dense coat of white woolly hairs, giving the bush a silvery look. The leaves are oval and up to ten centimeters long and five wide, and they may have small teeth along the edges. The bush flowers in dense fuzzy bunches of very light lavender hairy blossoms, each a few millimeters long. The fruit is a tiny capsule less than three millimeters wide, containing about 10 minute seeds.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
3.3 - 10 ft tall
Flower Color
Lavender
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1
confirmed
, 3
likely
* )
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Ethmia arctostaphylella
Ethmia arctostaphylella
*
Fruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
Archips argyrospila
Archips argyrospila
*
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Argyrotaenia franciscana
*
Coelopoeta glutinosi
Coelopoeta glutinosi
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Nurseries
Carried by 1
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy
Common uses
Hedges, Deer Resistant, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Sunset Zones
?
7*, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Natural Setting
Site Type
Slopes, ridges, ravines, disturbed places,
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.7" - 45.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.17" - 0.85", Coldest Month: 40.0" - 56.8", Hottest Month: 62.6" - 85.4", Humidity: 0.63" - 36.26", Elevation: 193" - 5742"
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Woolly Yerba Santa
Eriodictyon tomentosum
Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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