Eriodictyon trichocalyx A.Heller

Hairy yerba santa (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Boraginales > Boraginaceae > Eriodictyon

Characteristics

A shrub. It grows 2 m tall. The leaves are oval to sword shaped and 14 cm long. They are hairy or woolly. The flowers are bell shaped and light purple.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
More
Dry hills.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

The fresh or dried leaves are boiled into tea.
Uses beverage medicinal tea
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Antirheumatic (External) (leaf), Antirheumatic (Internal) (leaf), Blood Medicine (leaf), Cold Remedy (leaf), Cough Medicine (leaf), Febrifuge (leaf), Oral Aid (leaf), Respiratory Aid (leaf), Throat Aid (leaf), Tuberculosis Remedy (leaf), Tuberculosis Remedy (tuber)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -5
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Eriodictyon trichocalyx unspecified picture

Distribution

Eriodictyon trichocalyx world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:94497-2
WFO ID wfo-0000674394
COL ID 3B4GF
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eriodictyon trichocalyx

Lower taxons

Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum