English: Poodle-dog bush.
Eriodictyon parryi or poodle-dog bush is a tall
Region: southern California, Baja California.
Habitat: chaparral, on granitic slopes, ridges; from 1000 to 2300 metres elevation; areas of yellow pine forest.
Content: prenylated phenolics, farnesyl hydroquinone, 3-farnesyl-P-hydroxybenzoic acid.
BotanyShrub; woody; perennial; mountain; grows in areas disturbed by fire; prevents erosion of burned hillsides.
Stem: branching from the base in erect, thick, vertical, unbranching stems, with dense cone of leaves; up to 2 meters.
Leaves: long; narrow; toothed at the edge; 4 to 30 cm long.
Inflorescence: clusters, cymes.
Flowers: showy, attractive; bell-shaped; blue, lavender or purple; sickly-sweet, minty, or rank smell; flowers from June to August.
TaxonomyTurricula parryi was first placed within the genus Nama. It was subsequently moved to a monotypic genus Turricula. Molecular phylogenetic analysis by Ferguson supports treating Turricula as a separate genus within a clade that includes also Eriodictyon, Nama and Wigandia. Other molecular data support placing the plant in Eriodictyon.