Hydrophyllaceae Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum (Brand) Jepson

San Diego Yerbasanta

Diegueno - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 21

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Scientific name: Eriodictyon trichocalyx var. lanatum (Brand) Jepson
USDA symbol: ERTRL2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: San Diego Yerbasanta
Family: Hydrophyllaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Leaves dried, stored indefinitely and used for colds, coughs, candy and with soap to wash hair.

RECRD: 2461 id: 13931

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