''Monardella nana'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name yellow monardella. It is native to the

Peninsular Ranges The Peninsular Ranges (also called the Lower California province) are a group of mountain ranges that stretch from Southern California to the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula; they are part of the North American Coast Ranges, which ...

of southern

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and northern

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, where it grows in several local habitat types, such as

chaparral Chaparral ( ) is a shrubland plant community and geographical feature found primarily in the U.S. state of California, in southern Oregon, and in the northern portion of the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. It is shaped by a Mediterranean c ...

and mountain forest.

Description

''Monardella nana'' is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming a tuft or mat of slender stems lined with hairy to hairless oval leaves up to 3 centimeters long. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of pink-tinged white

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 tubular flowers are white to pale pink in color and up to 3 centimeters long. There are several subspecies of this plant, all limited to the mountains straddling the border between California and Baja California.

External links

Calflora Database: ''Monardella nana'' (yellow monardella, little monardella)

Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Monardella nana''

USDA Plants Profile for ''Monardella nana''

UC Photos gallery — ''Monardella nana''

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Flora of California Flora of Baja California Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Taxa named by Asa Gray Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Lamiaceae-stub