Family ²

PLANTAGINACEAE

Description ²

Climbing subshrub with opposite leaves that are ovate to heart shaped. The flowers are bright red/orange .

Community ²

Chaparral

Flowering ²

Mar- Apr

Ethnobotany ²

"Mahuna Drug (Dermatological Aid)
Infusion used as a wash or poultice of plant applied for fistulas and ulcers.
Romero, John Bruno 1954 The Botanical Lore of the California Indians. New York. Vantage Press, Inc. (p. 12)

Garden Location ²

F

Associated species ²

"beneficials:
butterflies

• Common Buckeye Junonia coenia (host) ASB
  hummingbirds (nectar)"

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More Info

• iNat taxon page
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