Point Lobos

The California Sagebrush is an aromatic sunflower family shrub growing in our coastal areas, as well as some curious select spots in our inland hills and mountains. With spring rains bringing vibrant growth, we can notice the greenish white color of its soft smooth leaves. Also known as, Artemisia calilfornica, this shrub provides shelter and food for some of the animal life living in our coastal scrub plant community, like the western fence lizard, native bees, and even the Northern flicker has been spotted within the a big California sagebrush shrub in the Reserve!

[@psykoj]

I stumbled onto this on a trail near my apartment in Mountain View. Loved the smell so I read up on it. Apparently it was made into a tincture and used as an extremely strong but safe pain killer that native Americans would use for broken bones!
Right in our back yards!

[@christiansanchez3893]

Beautiful specimen ✨

[@mangos2376]

Certified shrub moment 😎

[@r0b0bert]

I miss that smell

[@paulsanchez408]

Same.