Eriodictyon capitatum, the Lompoc yerba santa, is a rare evergreen shrub in the borage family.

The plant is endemic to western Santa Barbara County, California, where it is known from only five remaining populations, two of which are located on Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Here it grows amongst buckbrush (Ceanothus cuneatus), black sage (Salvia mellifera) and California sagebrush (Artemisia californica).

[1] Eriodictyon capitatum is rare plant produces hairless, resinous, sticky stems up to about 3 meters (9 feet) tall.

The leathery herbage is aromatic, lining the stems with very narrow linear leaves up to 9 centimeters long.