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Monardella Angustifolia
''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 Latin diminutive form of Monarda (a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes), which the form of the flower heads resembles. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: * '' Monardella angustifolia'' Elvin, Ertter & Mansfield * '' Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * '' Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California ... [...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 ... [...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, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, infloresce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Linoides
''Monardella linoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae 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'' subsp. ''anemonoides'' — endemic to the Southern Sierra Ne ... [...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 fo ...''. 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 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 Latin diminutive form of Monarda (a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes), which the form of the flower heads resembles. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: * ''Monardella angustifolia'' Elvin, Ertter & Mansfield * '' Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * '' Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California * ... [...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, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape or texture. They al ... [...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, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah, with the single-leaf pinyon pine just reaching into southern Idaho. The trees yield edible Pine nut, nuts, which are a sta ... (''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 Latin diminutive form of Monarda (a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes), which the form of the flower heads resembles. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: * ''Monardella angustifolia'' Elvin, Ertter & Mansfield * '' Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * '' Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California * ... [...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 Latin diminutive form of Monarda (a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes), which the form of the flower heads resembles. Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: * '' Monardella angustifolia'' Elvin, Ertter & Mansfield * '' Monardella arizonica'' Epling - Arizona * '' Monardella australis'' Abrams - southern California * '' Monardella beneolens'' Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California * '' Monardella boydii'' A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California ... [...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, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monardella Candicans
''Monardella candicans'' is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Sierra monardella. Distribution It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, where it grows in several types of local habitat, including chaparral, woodland, and forests. Description ''Monardella candicans'' is an annual herb producing a purple stem with lance-shaped green leaves arranged oppositely. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of green, veined bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape or texture. They also lo ...s. Each five-lobed flower is white, sometimes with purple speckles, and roughly a centimeter long. External links Calflora Database: ''Monardella candicans'' (Sierra monardella)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Monardella ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |