Taxon: Eriodictyon californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Torr.

Common names:

• mountain balm   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• hierba santa   (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – Spanish
  
• yerba-santa   (Source: Herbs Commerce ) – Spanish
  
• balsambuske   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Food additives: flavoring   (fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Materials: alcohol   (used in pharmacy fide Ency CNatIn)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Oregon [s.w.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce.
• Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource).
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Hannan, G. L. 1988. Evaluation of relationships within Eriodictyon (Hydrophyllaceae) using trichome characteristics. Amer. J. Bot. 75:579–588.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Peck, M. 1941. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Eriodictyon californicum.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Eriodictyon californicum.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Eriodictyon californicum.

Check other web resources for Eriodictyon californicum (Hook. & Arn.) Torr.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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