Yerba Santa

Common name: Yerba Santa
Scientific name: Eriodictyon trichocalyx
Kumeyaay name: Sa'mal (courtesy of Richard Bugbee)

Photographed in the snow at about 5,500 feet above sea level on the Los Coyotes Indian Reservation, the smooth leaf yerba santa (Eriodictyon trichocalyx) aka (Eriodictyon californicum) medicinal indigenous California plant was used by Native American Indians for...Juicefruit gum smell taste.

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