Micromeria douglasii (Benth.) Benth.

Yerba buena (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Micromeria

Characteristics

A tender creeping herb. It grows from year to year from a woody rhizome. It has some upright stems. The stems can be 60 cm long. The leaves are in pairs along the stem. They are thick and shiny. They are egg shaped with blunt points and slight teeth. They are 3 cm long. They have small teeth. The leaves have an odour when crushed. The flowers are in small groups at the nodes along the stems. The flowers are small and white. They are tube shaped. They are 15 mm long. The fruit are 4 shiny brown nutlets.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.1
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in dry woods and open fields. It grows in the understorey of dry forest. At ECHO. It grows in hardiness zone 7-8.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

The leaves are used fresh or dried to make a tea drink.
Uses beverage incense medicinal tea
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Toothache (leaf), Kidney Aid (leaf), Love Medicine (leaf), Blood Medicine (leaf), Gastrointestinal Aid (leaf), Cold Remedy (leaf), Sedative (leaf), Abdominal pain (leaf), Analgesics (leaf), Antiemetics (leaf), Anti-infective agents, local (leaf), Antineoplastic agents (leaf), Arthralgia (leaf), Arthritis (leaf), Diuretics (leaf), Dyspepsia (leaf), Headache (leaf), Parasympatholytics (leaf), General tonic for rejuvenation (leaf), Cold Remedy (unspecified), Febrifuge (unspecified), Anthelmintic (unspecified), Unspecified (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Blood Medicine (unspecified), Dietary Aid (unspecified), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified), Blood (unspecified), Deodorant (unspecified), Tea (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

It is grown from stem or root cuttings. It is easily grown vegetatively.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Micromeria douglasii unspecified picture

Distribution

Micromeria douglasii world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:160336-2
WFO ID wfo-0000243234
COL ID 6RGSP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Micromeria douglasii Satureja douglasii Thymus chamissonis Thymus douglasii Clinopodium douglasii Satureja chamissonis Micromeria barbata Micromeria chamissonis