Eriodictyon

Taxobox
name = "Eriodictyon"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Eriodictyon californicum
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Solanales
familia = Hydrophyllaceae
genus = "Eriodictyon"
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = Many (see text)

"Eriodictyon" is a genus of plants within the Hydrophyllaceae family.

It includes Yerba Santa ("Eriodictyon californica"), along with other similarly-named plants. "Yerba santa" means "sacred herb" in the Spanish language.

pecies of "Eriodictyon"

* "Eriodictyon altissimum" — Indian Knob mountainbalm.
* "Eriodictyon angustifolium" - Narrow-leaved Yerba Santa.
* "Eriodictyon californicum" — California Yerba Santa.
* "Eriodictyon capitatum" -- Lompoc Yerba Santa.
* "Eriodictyon crassifolium"-- Thick-Leaved Yerba Santa.
* "Eriodictyon tomentosum"
* "Eriodictyon traskiae"
* "Eriodictyon trichocalyx" — Hairy Yerba Santa.

References

*http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERCA7