Satureja douglasii - Yerba buena

Yerba buena (Satureja douglasii, now also classified as Clinopodium douglasii) is a creeping, flat evergreen perennial of shaded coastal woods from Los Angeles to British Columbia, its leaves used for a refreshing tea. It grows 0.1-0.2 m tall and 1-2 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full shade¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Satureja spp. - Savory
• Herb
• Perennial
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Ground cover¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.1-0.2
Diameter (m)	1-2

Footnotes

1. Satureja douglasii, Yerba Buena | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

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