Acanthomintha ilicifolia

Taxobox
name = "Acanthomintha ilicifolia"
status =


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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lamiaceae
genus = "Acanthomintha"
species = "A. ilicifolia"
binomial = "Acanthomintha ilicifolia"
binomial_authority = A.Gray

"Acanthomintha ilicifolia" is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Diego thornmint. It is native to Baja California and San Diego County, California, where it is a resident of the chaparral and coastal sage scrub plant communities and vernal pools. It has been extirpated from many of the sites where it was previously noted in San Diego County. It is a federally listed threatened species in the United States and it is designated an endangered species on the California state level. This is a petite annual herb growing up to about 15 centimeters in maximum height. It has rounded to oval serrated leaves up to 1.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a cluster of flowers with oval-shaped bracts nearly a centimeter long which are edged with long spines. Each flower is about a centimeter wide and white, often tinted purple to pink, with a hooded upper lip and a slightly longer lower lip.

External links

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4745,4746,4748 Jepson Manual Treatment]
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ACIL USDA Plants Profile]
* [http://sandiego.sierraclub.org/rareplants/003.html Sierra Club Profile c.1994]
* [http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/SpeciesReport.do?spcode=Q00E FWS Endangered Species Profile]
* [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Acanthomintha+ilicifolia Photo gallery]