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Lamiaceae

Santa Ana pitchersage

Lepechinia cardiophylla Epling

Family
Lamiaceae
Genus
Lepechinia

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Santa Ana pitchersage: Lepechinia cardiophylla, Iron Mountain, San Diego County
Photo: James Davis, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (1)
English
Santa Ana pitchersage

Characteristics

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.