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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 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 Breweri
''Monardella breweri'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Brewer's monardella. Distribution ''Monardella breweri'' is endemic to California, where its range extends from the San Francisco Bay Area through the Central Coast Ranges to the Transverse Ranges, including the Santa Monica Mountains, in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Its habitat includes chaparral and oak woodland. Description ''Monardella breweri'' is a hairy annual herb producing a branching erect stem up to about 65 centimeters in maximum height. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are up to 4.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of stiff, pointed, veined, purplish 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 up to 3 ... [...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 Macrantha
''Monardella macrantha'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name red monardella. It is native to coastal mountain ranges of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in several habitat types, including chaparral, California oak woodland, woodlands, and forest. Description ''Monardella macrantha'' is a perennial herb forming a low tuft of slender stems lined with thick, shiny green leaves up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a head of several tubular flowers blooming in a cup of red-tinged green bracts up to 4 centimeters wide. The clustered flowers are bright red to yellowish in color, sometimes exceeding 4 centimeters in length with narrow lobed mouths. Cultivation ''Monardella macrantha'' is cultivated in by specialty plant nurseries and available as an ornamental plant for California native plants, native plant, xeriscape, drought tolerant, Natural landscaping, natural landscape, and habitat gardens; and for ecologica ... [...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 Leucocephala
''Monardella leucocephala'' is a believed-to-be-extinct flowering plant in the genus ''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 ...''. The plant has stems 6–8 inches long with small white flowers. References leucocephala {{Lamiaceae-stub ... [...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 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 Frutescens
''Monardella frutescens'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Luis Obispo monardella. Distribution ''Monardella frutescens'' is endemic to California, where it is known only from the sand dunes and coastal sage and chaparral scrub on the coastline of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties. Description ''Monardella frutescens'' is a perennial herb producing several purple stems. The thin, narrow, wavy-edged leaves are 1 to 5 centimeters long and borne in clusters along the stem. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of papery purplish to straw-colored 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 to pink in color. This species sometimes hybridizes with its relative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Follettii
''Monardella follettii'' is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Follett's monardella. Distribution ''Monardella follettii'' is endemic to California, where it is known from about twenty occurrences in the northern High Sierra Nevada, mostly in Plumas County — in the Lassen National Forest. It grows in rocky mountain forests and slopes, sometimes on serpentine soils. Description ''Monardella follettii'' is a perennial herb producing a slender erect stem which is purple in color and mostly hairless in texture. The lance-shaped, smooth-edged leaves are oppositely arranged about the stem. The inflorescence is a head of several pink flowers blooming in a cup of leathery, hairy, glandular 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, ... [...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] |
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] |
