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| image = Nama lobbii.jpg
| image = Nama lobbii.jpg
| genus = Eriodictyon
| genus =
| species = lobbii
| species = lobbii
| authority = ([[Asa Gray|A.Gray]]) Greene
| authority = [[Asa Gray|A.Gray]]
| synonyms = *”Nama lobbii” <small>A. Gray</small>
| synonyms = *” lobbii” <small></small>
}}
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””’Eriodictyon lobbii””’ is a species of flowering plant in the family [[Namaceae]] known by the common names ”’Lobb’s fiddleleaf”’ and ”’matted yerba santa”’. It is native to the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and southern [[Cascade Range]] chain in [[California]] and adjacent sections of [[Nevada]] and [[Oregon]]. It grows in high mountain habitat in dry areas on slopes and ridges.
””’Eriodictyon lobbii””’ is a species of flowering plant in the family [[Namaceae]] known by the common names ”’Lobb’s fiddleleaf”’ and ”’matted yerba santa”’. It is native to the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]] and southern [[Cascade Range]] chain in [[California]] and adjacent sections of [[Nevada]] and [[Oregon]]. It grows in high mountain habitat in dry areas on slopes and ridges.
==Description==
==Description==
”Eriodictyon lobbii” is a [[rhizome|rhizomatous]] perennial herb forming dense mats of glandular hairy to woolly herbage usually spreading more than a meter wide. The sticky, hairy oval leaves are up to six centimeters long, occurring alternately along the branching stems and in clusters at stem forks. The funnel-shaped flowers are just under a centimeter wide with five rounded lobes. They are deep pink to purple in color. The plant sends out wide root networks which can grow up to five meters in length per year and sprout new plants.<ref name=nord>Nord, E. C. and A. T. Leiser. ”Nama lobbii” Gray. US Forest Service Woody Plant Seed Manual.</ref>
” lobbii” is a [[rhizome|rhizomatous]] perennial herb forming dense mats of glandular hairy to woolly herbage usually spreading more than a meter wide. The sticky, hairy oval leaves are up to six centimeters long, occurring alternately along the branching stems and in clusters at stem forks. The funnel-shaped flowers are just under a centimeter wide with five rounded lobes. They are deep pink to purple in color. The plant sends out wide root networks which can grow up to five meters in length per year and sprout new plants.<ref name=nord>Nord, E. C. and A. T. Leiser. ”Nama lobbii” Gray. US Forest Service Woody Plant Seed Manual.</ref>
== Taxonomy ==
== Taxonomy ==
This taxon has been variously treated as ”Nama lobbii”, ”Conanthus lobbii,” and ”Marilaunidium lobbii”. The current treatment of [[The Jepson Manual|Jepson eFlora]] regards this plant as ”Eriodictyon lobbii”, based on molecular data provided on the [[Hydrophylloideae]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hannan|first=Gary L.|date=2016|title=””Eriodictyon lobbii”|url=https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=91899|journal=Jepson EFlora|publisher=Jepson Flora Project|volume=Revision 4|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ferguson|first=D. M.|date=1998|title=Phylogenetic Analysis and Relationships in Hydrophyllaceae Based on ndhF Sequence Data|journal=Systematic Botany|publisher=American Society of Plant Taxonomists|volume=23|issue=3|pages=253–268|doi=10.2307/2419504|jstor=2419504}}</ref> {{As of|2025|December}}, [[World Flora Online]] places it in the family Namaceae.<ref name=WFO_7000000901>{{Cite WFO |title=Namaceae Molinari |id=7000000901 |access-date=2025-12-17 |mode=cs2}}</ref>
This taxon has been variously treated as ”Nama lobbii”, ”Conanthus lobbii,” and ”Marilaunidium lobbii”. The current treatment of [[The Jepson Manual|Jepson eFlora]] regards this plant as ”Eriodictyon lobbii”, based on molecular data provided on the [[Hydrophylloideae]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hannan|first=Gary L.|date=2016|title=””Eriodictyon lobbii”|url=https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=91899|journal=Jepson EFlora|publisher=Jepson Flora Project|volume=Revision 4|access-date=22 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Ferguson|first=D. M.|date=1998|title=Phylogenetic Analysis and Relationships in Hydrophyllaceae Based on ndhF Sequence Data|journal=Systematic Botany|publisher=American Society of Plant Taxonomists|volume=23|issue=3|pages=253–268|doi=10.2307/2419504|jstor=2419504}}</ref> {{As of|2025|December}}, [[World Flora Online]] places in the family Namaceae.<ref name=WFO_7000000901>{{Cite WFO |title=Namaceae Molinari |id=7000000901 |access-date=2025-12-17 |mode=cs2}}</ref>
==Uses==
==Uses==
The plant ”Eriodictyon lobbii” has been recommended for use as [[groundcover]] in [[revegetation]] projects in its native [[mountain range]]s.<ref name=nord/>
The plant ” lobbii” has been recommended for use as [[groundcover]] in [[revegetation]] projects in its native [[mountain range]]s.<ref name=nord/>
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Eriodictyon|lobbii]]
[[Category:|lobbii]]
[[Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)]]
[[Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)]]
[[Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States]]
[[Category:Flora of the West Coast of the United States]]
Species of flowering plant
Nama lobbii, synonym Eriodictyon lobbii, is a species of flowering plant in the family Namaceae,[1] known by the common names Lobb’s fiddleleaf and matted yerba santa. It is native to the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Range chain in California and adjacent sections of Nevada and Oregon. It grows in high mountain habitat in dry areas on slopes and ridges.
Description
Nama lobbii is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming dense mats of glandular hairy to woolly herbage usually spreading more than a meter wide. The sticky, hairy oval leaves are up to six centimeters long, occurring alternately along the branching stems and in clusters at stem forks. The funnel-shaped flowers are just under a centimeter wide with five rounded lobes. They are deep pink to purple in color. The plant sends out wide root networks which can grow up to five meters in length per year and sprout new plants.[2]
Taxonomy
This taxon has been variously treated as Nama lobbii, Conanthus lobbii, and Marilaunidium lobbii. The current treatment of Jepson eFlora regards this plant as Eriodictyon lobbii, based on molecular data provided on the Hydrophylloideae.[3][4] As of December 2025[update], World Flora Online places the genus Nama in the family Namaceae.[5]
Uses
The plant Nama lobbii has been recommended for use as groundcover in revegetation projects in its native mountain ranges.[2]
