Yerba Mansa

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Anemopsis californica

Yerba mansa (Anemopsis californica), creeping plant in the lizard-tail family with conspicuous white bracts whose bark and roots were used for medicinal purposes. It is found on Santa Cruz Island where it was first collected in June 1930 at Prisoners’ Harbor by Ralph Hoffmann who reported it had been planted by a former ranch employee.