Micromeria douglasii

Micromeria douglasii
Group of plants
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Micromeria
Species:
M. douglasii
Binomial name
Micromeria douglasii
(Benth.) Benth.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Clinopodium douglasii (Benth.) Kuntze
  • Micromeria barbata Fisch. & C.A.Mey.
  • Micromeria chamissonis (Benth.) Greene
  • Satureja douglasii (Benth.) Briq.
  • Thymus chamissonis Benth.
  • Thymus douglasii Benth.

Micromeria douglasii, synonym Clinopodium douglasii,[2] or yerba buena,[3] is a rambling aromatic herb of western and northwestern North America, ranging from maritime Alaska southwards to California.[4] The plant takes the form of a sprawling, mat-forming perennial, and is especially abundant close to the coast.[5] The name "yerba buena" derives from Spanish for "good herb" and is applied to various other plants. In 2010, molecular evidence placed the species within the Clinopodium complex rather than Micromeria.[6]

  1. ^ "Micromeria douglasii (Benth.) Benth." The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  2. ^ a b "Micromeria douglasii Benth." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  3. ^ Online link to The Jepson Manual eFlora = http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=80483 accessed 09 March 2016
  4. ^ "PLANTS Profile for Clinopodium douglasii (yerba buena)". NRCS PLANTS database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  5. ^ Wood, Michael (2003-09-01). "Focus on Rarities, Yerba Buena Chapter, CNPS (Satureja douglasii)". CNPS Yerba Buena Chapter website. California Native Plant Society. Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved 2007-12-19. Website structure requires navigation to the linked index page and then selection of the 'Yerba buena' article
  6. ^ Bräuchler, C, et al. Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2010 May;55(2):501-23 Molecular phylogeny of Menthinae (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideae, Mentheae) --Taxonomy, biogeography and conflicts