Common Names
Common Names in English:
Narrow-Leafed Yerba Santa, Narrowleaf Yerba Santa, Narrowleaf Yerbasanta, Yerba Santa
Description
Family Hydrophyllaceae
Herbs or shrubs
, glabrous
or pubescent
, occasionally glandular
, bristly
, or thorny. Leaves alternate or opposite, occasionally in a basal rosette, simple
or variously lobed
or divided
, without stipules. Inflorescences solitary flowers, cymose
, or paniculate
. Flowers bisexual
, actinomorphic
, usually 5-merous, often showy. Calyx ± gamosepalous
, sinuses sometimes appendaged. Corolla gamopetalous, campanulate
, tubular
, or rotate; lobes
overlapping in bud. Stamens usually 5; filaments
attached to corolla, often alternating with scalelike appendages
; anthers
2-locular, longitudinally dehiscent
. Ovary superior, 1- or 2- (several) locular
, with 2 parietal
placentae; ovules few or numerous
. Styles
1 or 2, usually lobed or divided; stigma capitate. Fruit a loculicidal capsule, rarely also septicidal
or opening irregularly. Seeds usually with a sculptured
or pitted
coat
; endosperm enclosing a small embryo.
Eighteen to 22 genera and ca.
300 species: mostly in North and South America, with a few in Africa, Asia, and Australia; one genus with one species in China.Ruizheng Fang & Constance Lincoln "Hydrophyllaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 16 Page 328. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
Physical Description
Habit: Shrub
Flowers: Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 18-24" tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Growth
Culture: Space 18-24" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 5.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Superorder:
Solananae
()
- R. Dahlgren Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Boraginales
()
- Dumortier, 1829
- Family:
Hydrophyllaceae
()
- R. Brown Ex Ker-Gawler, 1817
- Waterleaf Family
- Subfamily:
Hydrophylloideae
()
- Genus:
Eriodictyon
()
- Specific epithet:
angustifolium
- Nutt.
- Botanical name: - Eriodictyon angustifolium Nutt.
- Specific epithet:
angustifolium
- Nutt.
- Genus:
Eriodictyon
(
- Subfamily:
Hydrophylloideae
(
- Family:
Hydrophyllaceae
(
- Order:
Boraginales
(
- Superorder:
Solananae
(
- Subclass:
Lamiidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Eriodictyon angustifolium var. amplifolium Brand
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Eriodictyon
There are approximately 44 species in this genus:
E. altissimum (Indian Knob Mountain Balm) · E. angustifolium (Narrow-Leafed Yerba Santa) · E. angustifolium var. pubens · E. californicum (California Yerba Santa) · E. californicum australe · E. californicum f. latifolia · E. californicum f. linearis · E. californicum glutinosum · E. californicum subsp. australe · E. californicum subsp. glutinosum · E. californicum subvar. coarctatum · E. californicum var. lanatum · E. californicum var. pubens · E. californicus · E. californicus var. pubens · E. capitatum (Lompoc Yerba Santa) · E. crassifolium (Thick-Leaf Yerba Santa) · E. crassifolium Benth. var. crassifolium Benth. (Thickleaf Yerba Santa) · E. crassifolium Benth. var. nigrescens Brand (Thickleaf Yerba Santa) · E. crassifolium benthamianum · E. crassifolium grayanum · E. crassifolium subsp. benthamianum · E. crassifolium subsp. grayanum · E. crassifolium var. crassifolium · E. crassifolium var. nigrescens · E. crassifolium var. niveum · E. crassifolium var. traskiae · E. crassifolium var. typica · E. glutinosum · E. glutinosum var. angustifolium · E. glutinosum var. serratum · E. lobbii · E. niveum · E. parryi · E. sessifolium · E. sessilifolium · E. tomentosum (Woolly Yerba Santa) · E. tormentosum · E. traskiae (Pacific Yerba Santa) · E. traskiae smithii · E. trichocalyx (Hairy Yerba Santa) · E. trichocalyx lanatum var. lanatum · E. trichocalyx var. lanatum · E. trichocalyx var. trichocalyx
Bibliography
- Fang Rhui-cheng & Huang Shu-hua in Wu Cheng-yih, ed. 1979. Hydrophyllaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(1): 160-161.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 23, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 8 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 27, 2008)
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 23, 2007:
- Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, The Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona University
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
- Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
- Utah Valley State College
- , Utah Valley State College Herbarium
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2654261
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-31372
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13745625
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:432089-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 448148
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 31372
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 432089-1
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDHYD04020
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: ERANA
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 37932
