Eriodictyon angustifolium

Narrow-leaved yerba santa

Family: Namaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.3

Narrow-leaved yerba santa is a rare (CNPS 2B.3) California native shrub found in the eastern desert mountains including New York and Granite Mountains in pinyon and juniper woodland at elevations of 1,460 to 1,770 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces white, funnel-shaped flowers in clusters with delicate, sparse-hairy stems. Growing up to 2 meters tall with sticky twigs, it forms a distinctive woodland shrub. Its narrow leaves are 5 to 10 centimeters long and 0.2 to 1.1 centimeters wide, linear to lance-linear, with white-hairy undersides and margins rolled underneath. The plant bears between 1 to 8 seeds, with stems and flowers covered in distinctive sparse, stiff hairs.

Habitat: Washes, slopes, pinyon/juniper woodland

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 1460-1770 m

Bioregions: e DMtns (New York, Granite mtns)

California counties: San Bernardino

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.