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Santa Ana Pitchersage
( Lepechinia cardiophylla )
Lepechinia cardiophylla
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About Santa Ana Pitchersage (Lepechinia cardiophylla)
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Lepechinia cardiophylla
is a rare species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae (Mint) family known by the common names Santa Ana Pitcher Sage and Heart-leaved Pitcher Sage. It is native to the Santa Ana Mountains of southern California and 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. For this reason it is included on CNPS list 1B.2. This is an aromatic shrub with branching stems covered in resin glands. The hairy leaves are heart-shaped to oval-shaped and often toothed along the edges. The raceme flower cluster bears flowers on prominent pedicels. Each flower is a cuplike calyx of hairy sepals around a tubular white to lavender corolla. The corolla is curled back at the mouth into small lips. The fruit is a dark colored, hairless body a few millimeters long which develops within the calyx of sepals.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Shrub
Size
5 ft tall
Dormancy
Summer Semi-Deciduous
Fragrance
Fragrant - Pleasant
Flower Color
Cream, White
Flowering Season
Spring, Summer
Wildlife Supported
Hummingbirds are highly attracted to the flowers
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 2
likely
* )
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Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla
Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla
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Anoncia Sphacelina
Anoncia sphacelina
Anoncia sphacelina
Landscaping Information
Sun
Part Shade, Full Sun
Cold Tolerance
Tolerates cold to 0° F
Soil Drainage
Fast
Soil Description
Usually found on decomposed granite
Common uses
Hummingbird Gardens
Companion Plants
Best used with other plants of the Santa Ana Mountains, such as Manzanita (
Arctostaphylos sp.
),
Brickell Bush
(
Brickellia californica
),
Hoary Leaved Ceanothus
(
Ceanothus crassifolius
),
Mountain Mahogany
(
Cercocarpus betuloides
),
Miner's Lettuce
(
Claytonia sp.
),
Bush Poppy
(
Dendromecon rigida
),
Coffeeberry
(
Frangula sp.
),
Ashy Silktassel
(
Garrya flavescens
),
Tecate Cypress
(
Hesperocyparis forbesii
),
Chaparral Beard-tongue
(
Keckiella antirrhinoides
), Foothill
Penstemon
(
Penstemon
heterophyllus), Scrub Pine (
Pinus attenuata
), Inland
Scrub Oak
(
Quercus berberidifolia
),
Evergreen Buckthorn
(
Rhamnus ilicifolia
),
White Flowering Currant
(
Ribes indecorum
),
White Sage
(
Salvia apiana
), and
Woolly Bluecurls
(
Trichostema lanatum
)
Natural Setting
Site Type
Chaparral and Cismontane Woodland in the foothills of Orange and San Diego Counties, often on north-facing slopes
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 12.2" - 22.2", Summer Precipitation: 0.17" - 0.55", Coldest Month: 47.5" - 54.3", Hottest Month: 64.5" - 78.9", Humidity: 1.09" - 24.08", Elevation: 397" - 4217"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Heart-leaved Pitcher Sage, Santa Ana Pitcher Sage
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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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