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<p>70.131.57.174: </p> <hr /> <div>:''For other uses of the term Yerba Buena see [[Yerba Buena (disambiguation)]].''<br /> {{Taxobox<br /> | color = hotpink<br /> | name = Yerba buena<br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Lamiales]]<br /> | familia = [[Lamiaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Satureja]]''<br /> | species = '''''S. douglasii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Satureja douglasii''<br /> | binomial_authority = ([[George Bentham|Benth.]]) [[Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]<br /> | synonyms = ''Micromeria chamissonis''&lt;br/&gt;''Satureja chamissonis''&lt;br/&gt;''Satureja douglasii''<br /> }}<br /> '''Yerba Buena''' (''Satureja douglasii'') is a sprawling aromatic herb of the western and northwestern [[United States]], western [[Canada]] and [[Alaska]] and Mexico. Another local name for this plant is '''Oregon tea''', referring to its use as both a medicinal and refreshing tea in [[Oregon]]. Its name, an alternate form of ''hierba buena'', which means &quot;good herb&quot; was given it by the Spanish priests of California. <br /> <br /> What is now [[San Francisco, California]] was originally named Yerba Buena by its Spanish settlers in the [[18th century]] because of the abundance of the herb in the area.<br /> <br /> ===Other herbs called Yerba Buena===<br /> <br /> The term &quot;Yerba Buena&quot; refers to the particular local species of mint in Latin America, which varies from region to region. <br /> <br /> The term has been (and is currently) used by the Mexican culture (in Southern territories) to define an herb used for medicinal purposes, usually ''[[Mentha spicata]]'' or ''[[Mentha viridis]]'', otherwise known as Spearmint, rather than ''Clinopodium''.<br /> <br /> In Central America, its used to refer to ''[[Mentha citatra]]'', which is a medicinal herb as well.<br /> <br /> In Cuba, yerba buena refers to a herb known as large apple mint, foxtail mint, hairy mint, woolly mint or Cuban mint (''[[Mentha nemorosa]]'').<br /> <br /> Clinopodium douglasii is also colloquially known as ''Yerba Buena''.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *http://www.cnps-yerbabuena.org/rare_yerba_buena.html<br /> <br /> [[Category:Herbs]]<br /> [[Category:Herbal tea]]</div>

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