Eriodictyon crassifolium, Thick Leaf Yerba Santa Well drained soil covered with clear blue flowers

covered with clear blue flowers

The pine nuts are edible

- Tolerates clay soil

This vine will spread by rhizomes

This shrub fruits yellow gold berries

Eriodictyon crassifolium, Thick Leaf Yerba Santa Well drained soil covered with clear blue flowersTongva huherhetchet Thickleaf Yerba Santa A shrub in the borage family. It is a woolly hairy shrub that reaches a height of ten feet and six feet wide. Fragrant lavender flowers bloom in the spring, It is semi deciduous in the summer. This plant is found in slopes, washes, canyons, mesas, and bluffs. Plant with: Scrub Oaks, Manzanitas, Coyote Brush, Laurel Sumac, Chaparral Mallow, Bladderpod, Toyon, and Lemonade Berry Full sun Water once a month once