PLANTS Profile for Eriodictyon altissimum (Indian Knob mountainbalm)

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PLANTS Profile

Eriodictyon altissimum P.V. Wells
Indian Knob mountainbalm

Symbol:

ERAL12

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Hydrophyllaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Eriodictyon altissimum P.V. Wells

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Distribution:
Eriodictyon altissimum P.V. Wells


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USA (CA)

Related Taxa:
Eriodictyon altissimum P.V. Wells

View 17 genera in Hydrophyllaceae, 8 species in Eriodictyon

Classification:
Eriodictyon altissimum P.V. Wells

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Hydrophyllaceae – Waterleaf family
Genus	Eriodictyon Benth. – yerba santa
Species	Eriodictyon altissimum P.V. Wells – Indian Knob mountainbalm

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Eriodictyon altissimum P.V. Wells

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

United States:
Indian Knob mountain balm		Endangered
California:
Indian Knob mountainbalm		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Eriodictyon altissimum P.V. Wells

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 31365.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 09:46 AM CDT