AMERICAN HONEY PLANTS 



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principally in Kentucky, Tennessee and North Carolina. While it may 

 occur to some extent in the States adjoining the three mentioned, it is 

 rare, except in very limited areas. It is recorded as occurring on shaded 

 bluffs in the Tennessee Valley in Alabama, and may be looked for in 

 similar situations in Mississippi, Georgia or South Carolina. The flowers 

 are white, as may be seen from Figure 150, and appear in April and May. 

 The panicles are sometimes a foot long. According to the notes furnished 

 by J. M. Buchanan, the honey has a strong, distinctive flavor and is light 

 amber in color. 



Fig. 158. The Spanish bayonet is a show 



The wood is heavy and hard and yields a yellow dye. It is known 

 as Kentucky yellow wood and gopher wood. 



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VERBA BUENA (Micromeria chamissonis). 



Yerba buena is a trailing perennial herb with slender stem and small, 

 white, solitary flowers. Jepson gives the range as common in woods near 

 the coast: Humboldt County, Marin County, Berkeley, San Francisco, Bel- 

 mont, Monterey and southward to southern California. 



Richter states that it is considered a fair honey plant in places. 



YERBA DEL PESCADO, see Turkey Mullein 



YERBA SANTA (Eriodictyon trichocalyx). 



Yerba santa is a low shrub common to some parts of California. Rich- 

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