Eriodictyon capitatum
Eriodictyon capitatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Boraginales |
Family: | Boraginaceae |
Genus: | Eriodictyon |
Species: | E. capitatum
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Binomial name | |
Eriodictyon capitatum |
Eriodictyon capitatum, the Lompoc yerba santa, is a rare evergreen shrub in the borage family. It is endemic to western Santa Barbara County, in California.
Distribution
The plant is
Ecology
This plant grows in two types of habitat.
Description
Eriodictyon capitatum is rare plant produces hairless, resinous, sticky stems up to about 3 meters (9 feet) tall. The bark is shreddy.
The leathery herbage is aromatic, lining the stems with very narrow linear leaves up to 9 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a cluster of hairy bell-shaped lavender flowers.
The plant undergoes both sexual and vegetative reproduction. During the latter it produces more aboveground stems from its rootstock, sometimes creating a "population" of many plants which are actually one genetic individual.[2] Some occurrences are made up of fewer than 20 plants.[1]
Conservation
Threats to the existence of this species include
See also
- California chaparral and woodlands
- California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion
References
- ^ a b c d e f Eriodictyon capitatum Five-year Review. February 2011
- ^ a b Eriodictyon capitatum. The Nature Conservancy.