A trailing native California aromatic herb in the mint family, the original namesake of the San Francisco area and a traditional source of refreshing tea.
Description
Yerba buena trails along the forest floor with delicate round serrated leaves that release a fresh sweet minty scent. Tiny white tubular flowers appear at the leaf axils.
Cultivation
A modest plant for cool moist shade, yerba buena spreads slowly by stolons. It prefers acidic forest litter under oaks and conifers along the Pacific coast.
Uses
Long brewed as a soothing herbal tea by California Indigenous peoples and Spanish settlers, the plant gave San Francisco its original Spanish name Yerba Buena before it was changed in 1847.
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