PALE blue: or 



SHRUBS 29 



S-28o YERBA SANTA, 

 Eriodictyon californicum; 

 Phacelia Fam.. 2-8' tall 

 ishrub, with leaves dis- 

 tinctively woolly on the 

 undersides and with 

 strongly netted veins, the 

 upper surface shining; 

 flowers of terminal pan- 

 icles shade from dark 

 lavender through pale lav- 

 ender to whiteo 

 nSiDFR SIDE ""^^^ Indians boiled leaves 



STRONG VEINED ^k for tea and used for colds; 

 2,-5' FELTYea^^ they mashed leaves as a 



poultice for abrasions and also to keep down swelling and to help 

 pain. Leaves and flowers were steeped in hot water to alleviate 

 coughs, stomach-aches, vomiting, diarrhea, venereal diseases and 

 rheumatism. The plant is valuable also for a fine grade-of amber 

 honey with a slightly spicy flavor. 



Chap. 

 Oak 



Str. Wd. 

 CCF 



MCF 



Ore. 

 Calif. 



S-29. BLUE CURLS, VINEGAR-WEED or CAMPHOR WEED, 

 Trichostema sp.; Mint Famo Woolly Blue Curls, T. lanatum (pic- Most Hab. 

 tured) is a shrub, but most other species of this genus are herbs. 

 The shrub is 2'-4' tall, but the herbs range from 3"-16". The 

 shrub has blue or purple 

 flowers (rarely white) and 

 more or less hairy leaves. 

 The name of Vinegar Weed FLOWERS 



pi I D piF 



comes from the penetrating \^oOLLV 

 and acrid odor of the foli- 





age of all species. '^ ^;;?iix^ 



Indians made a decoction .C>C^fc^^^ 



of leaves and flowers for 

 colds, ague and general de- 

 bility; a bath of this decoc- 

 tion was taken against small 

 pox; leaves were chewed 

 and put in cavity of aching 

 tooth; fresh leaves were 

 mashed and thrown in streams to stupifyfish. A major honey plant. 



