Wildflowers Found in Oregon

Yerba Buena

Satureja douglasii Aromatic, inconspicuously hairy perennial herb from a woody rhizome; stems prostrate and often rooting to 1 m long, often with short, ascending branches. Leaves: Opposite, bright green, egg-shaped to nearly round, rounded at tip, short-stalked, 1-3.5 cm long; margins irregularly blunt-toothed. Flowers: White or purple-tinged, 7-10 mm long; sepals fused into a hairy, ribbed, 5-lobed tube; petals united into a hairy tube surmounted by 2 short lips, the lower lip 3 lobed; 4 stamens; 4-lobed ovary; flowers solitary on slender stalks from leaf axils. Fruits: 4 nutlets.