Family ¹

Lamiaceae

Description ¹

Shrub with lanceolate, bright green leaves and densely hairy stems. The hairs are magenta and (our) have blue flowers.

Community ¹

Chaparral

Flowering ¹

Mar- Aug

Garden Location ¹

S

Ethnobotany ¹

"Cahuilla Drug (Gastrointestinal Aid) Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 141)

Mahuna Drug (Panacea) Romero, John Bruno 1954 The Botanical Lore of the California Indians. New York. Vantage Press, Inc. (p. 48)

Associated Species ¹

"native bees (pollen / nectar) - very important XERCES
hummingbird

Sources and Credits

1. (c) gillian360, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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