- Eriodictyon traskiae
Taxobox
name = "Eriodictyon traskiae"
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regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Boraginales
familia =Hydrophyllaceae
genus = "Eriodictyon "
species = "E. traskiae"
binomial = "Eriodictyon traskiae"
binomial_authority = Eastw."Eriodictyon traskiae" is a species of flowering plant in the waterleaf family known by the common names Pacific yerba santa and Trask's yerba santa. This
shrub is endemic toCalifornia , where it grows on thechaparral slopes of the central Coast Ranges andTransverse Ranges . It approaches a maximum height of two meters. Its twigs and foliage are covered in a dense coat of white woolly hairs, giving the bush a gray-green look. The leaves are oval and anywhere from 3 to 14 centimeters long and 1 to 7 wide. They are woolly and crinkled and the edges roll under, and they may have small teeth. The bush flowers in dense fuzzy bunches of white to brownish-purple glandular blossoms, each under a centimeter wide. The fruit is a tiny capsule up to three millimeters wide containing two to four minute seeds.External links
* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4518,4525,4533 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ERTO USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Eriodictyon+traskiae Photo gallery]
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