Eriodictyon californicum - California yerba santa

California yerba santa (Eriodictyon californicum) is an aromatic, rhizomatous evergreen shrub native to California, its leaves brewed as tea and used medicinally as an expectorant.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Fibre¹

Type

• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Eriodictyon californicum | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩