Yerba Mansa
Anemopsis californica
Yerba mansa is a Southwestern wetland groundcover with cone-shaped flower heads ringed by white bracts, spreading by runners over wet, even alkaline, ground. Aromatic and traditionally medicinal.
- Family
- Saururaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT