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Yerba Mansa
Anemopsis californica
Yerba Mansa is a low, mat-forming perennial herb of wet, alkaline ground across the arid southwestern United States and northern Mexico, its woolly stems rooting as they creep to form a solid ground cover. Spikes of white flowers rise above waxy basal leaves from spring into summer, and the aromatic rhizome has a long history of use for wounds, colds, digestive complaints and joint pain. It needs full sun to light shade and constantly wet, calcium-rich soil tolerant of high calcium carbonate, and can grow standing in shallow water.
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Growing profile
- Sun
- Full Sun · Partial Sun
- USDA zone
- USDA 7–10
- Soil
- Sand · Loam · Clay
- Moisture
- Moist · Wet
Vertical layer
Groundcover- Soil pH
- 6.5–9
- Plant type
- Perennial
- Mature height
- 20–30 in
- Mature spread
- 24–36 in
- Plant spacing
- 12 in
- Root type
- Stolon
- Spread pattern
- Root
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