|
Monardella
''Monardella'' is a genus of approximately 40 species of annual and perennial plants native to western North America from British Columbia to northwestern Mexico. They are grown for their highly aromatic foliage, which in some species is used for herbal teas. The two-lipped, tubular flowers are formed in terminal clusters and are most usually red, pink, or purple. ''Monardella'' is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Systematics The genus comprises the following species. * '' Monardella antonina'' Hardham - California * ''Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * '' Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California * '' Monardella breweri'' A.Gray - California, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California * '' Monardella candicans'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Boydii
''Monardella'' is a genus of approximately 40 species of annual and perennial plants native to western North America from British Columbia to northwestern Mexico. They are grown for their highly aromatic foliage, which in some species is used for herbal teas. The two-lipped, tubular flowers are formed in terminal clusters and are most usually red, pink, or purple. ''Monardella'' is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Systematics The genus comprises the following species. * '' Monardella antonina'' Hardham - California * ''Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * '' Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California * '' Monardella breweri'' A.Gray - California, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California * '' Monardella candicans'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Eplingii
''Monardella'' is a genus of approximately 40 species of annual and perennial plants native to western North America from British Columbia to northwestern Mexico. They are grown for their highly aromatic foliage, which in some species is used for herbal teas. The two-lipped, tubular flowers are formed in terminal clusters and are most usually red, pink, or purple. ''Monardella'' is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Systematics The genus comprises the following species. * '' Monardella antonina'' Hardham - California * ''Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * ''Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California * '' Monardella breweri'' A.Gray - California, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California * '' Monardella candicans'' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Mojavensis
''Monardella'' is a genus of approximately 40 species of annual and perennial plants native to western North America from British Columbia to northwestern Mexico. They are grown for their highly aromatic foliage, which in some species is used for herbal teas. The two-lipped, tubular flowers are formed in terminal clusters and are most usually red, pink, or purple. ''Monardella'' is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Systematics The genus comprises the following species. * '' Monardella antonina'' Hardham - California * ''Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * ''Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California * '' Monardella breweri'' A.Gray - California, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California * '' Monardella candicans'' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Lagunensis
''Monardella'' is a genus of approximately 40 species of annual and perennial plants native to western North America from British Columbia to northwestern Mexico. They are grown for their highly aromatic foliage, which in some species is used for herbal teas. The two-lipped, tubular flowers are formed in terminal clusters and are most usually red, pink, or purple. ''Monardella'' is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Systematics The genus comprises the following species. * '' Monardella antonina'' Hardham - California * ''Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * ''Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California * '' Monardella breweri'' A.Gray - California, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California * '' Monardella candicans'' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Eremicola
''Monardella'' is a genus of approximately 40 species of annual and perennial plants native to western North America from British Columbia to northwestern Mexico. They are grown for their highly aromatic foliage, which in some species is used for herbal teas. The two-lipped, tubular flowers are formed in terminal clusters and are most usually red, pink, or purple. ''Monardella'' is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Systematics The genus comprises the following species. * '' Monardella antonina'' Hardham - California * ''Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * ''Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California * '' Monardella breweri'' A.Gray - California, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California * '' Monardella candicans'' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Linoides
''Monardella linoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name flaxleaf monardella. It is native to southern California and slightly into adjacent sections of Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California. It grows in many types of habitat from the Mojave Desert, through chaparral and woodlands in the Peninsular Ranges and Transverse Ranges, to subalpine forests in the Southern and Eastern Sierra Nevada. Description ''Monardella linoides'' is a gray-green perennial herb producing a slender erect stem up to about 50 centimeters in maximum height. The linear to oval leaves are 1 to 4 centimeters long and coated in grayish hairs. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of pale whitish or pink-tinged papery bracts 2 or 3 centimeters wide. The flowers are just over a centimeter long and light purple in color. Subspecies Subspecies include: * ''Monardella linoides'' ssp. ''anemonoides'' — endemic to the Southern Sierra Nevada. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Hypoleuca
''Monardella hypoleuca'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, known by the common names thickleaf monardella and white leaf monardella. It is endemic to Southern California, It grows on the coastal hills and slopes of the Peninsular Ranges and Transverse Ranges, in chaparral and oak woodland habitats of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion. Description ''Monardella hypoleuca'' is a perennial herb producing an erect, purple stem coated in short hairs. The green, lance-shaped to oval leaves are oppositely arranged about the stem and have woolly white undersides. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of woolly-haired purplish bracts 2 to 4 centimeters wide. The flowers are roughly 1.5 centimeters long and white or purple-tinged. Subspecies Subspecies include: * ''Monardella hypoleuca'' subsp. ''hypoleuca'' — endemic from Orange County north to Santa Barbara County. * ''Monardella hypoleuca'' ssp. ''intermedia'' — endemic t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Australis
''Monardella australis'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, known by the common name southern monardella. Distribution The plant is endemic to southern California, in the Greater Los Angeles Area. It is known only from populations in the San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains of the eastern Transverse Ranges, and the adjacent San Jacinto Mountains of the Peninsular Ranges. Its habitats include the red fir forest and yellow pine forest on the higher slopes of the ranges. Description ''Monardella australis'' is a perennial herb growing in a small tuft and producing long, sometimes erect flowering stems. The pale green or grayish leaves are oval or lance-shaped and often toothed. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of pinkish green bracts. Each flower is up to 2 centimeters long and pinkish in color. Subspecies Subspecies In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Beneolens
''Monardella beneolens'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name sweet-smelling monardella. Distribution ''Monardella beneolens'' is endemic to California, where it is known from just a few occurrences in the high peaks of the southern Sierra Nevada. Its habitat includes subalpine mountain forests and alpine rock fields. Although the plant is rare, it is not likely to experience disturbance or destruction because it lives in such remote habitat. Description ''Monardella beneolens'' is a hairy, glandular rhizomatous perennial herb growing in a mat or small tuft and producing flowering stems 10 to 30 centimeters long. The long-haired, triangular or oval leaves are under a centimeter long and usually wavy along the edges. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of pinkish or pale green bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Douglasii
''Monardella douglasii'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Douglas' monardella. Distribution ''Monardella douglasii'' is endemic to northern California, where it is known from several of the Inner Southern California Coast Ranges, including the Diablo Range, and nearby valleys of the southern San Francisco Bay Area. It can be found in many habitat types, including grassland, chaparral, foothill oak woodland and rocky serpentine slopes. Description ''Monardella douglasii'' is a hairy annual herb producing a branching purple stem up to about 30 centimeters tall. The oppositely arranged leaves vary in shape. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of green and purple veined, translucent bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Lanceolata
''Monardella lanceolata'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names mustang mint and mustang monardella. It is native to the mountains of California and Baja California, where it grows in chaparral, woodland, rocky slopes, and often disturbed habitat types. Description ''Monardella lanceolata'' is variable in appearance and sometimes divided into a number of indistinct varieties. In general, it is an annual herb producing a branching, purple stem with a coat of glandular hairs. The lance-shaped leaves are 3 or 4 centimeters long and oppositely arranged about the stem. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of hairy, pointed, purple-tinged bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...s. The flowers are purple i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Exilis
''Monardella exilis'', with the common names Mojave monardella and desert monardella, is an annual plant in the genus ''Monardella'' of the mint family (Lamiaceae). Distribution The plant is endemic to California, in the Mojave Desert and southern Sierra Nevada. It grows at in elevation. In the Antelope Valley it is found in Desert scrub and Joshua tree woodland habitats. In the Sierra it is also found in pinyon pine The pinyon or piñon pine group grows in southwestern North America, especially in New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah. The trees yield edible nuts, which are a staple food of Native Americans, and widely eaten as a snack and as an ingredient in New ... (''Pinus monophylla'') woodlands. Description ''Monardella exilis'' is an annual herb, growing in height. It has white flowers with green with purple tinges, during a bloom period from April to September. References External links Calflora Database: ''Monardella exilis'' (Desert monardella, Mojave monardella) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
