- Monardella hypoleuca
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Monardella hypoleuca 
ssp. lanata Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Monardella Species: M. hypoleuca Binomial name Monardella hypoleuca
A.GrayMonardella hypoleuca is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name thickleaf monardella. It is native to the southern half of California, where it grows in the coastal hills and mountain ranges in local habitat including chaparral and woodland. Its range may extend into Baja California.
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
There are two subspecies of this plant; the more rare, Monardella hypoleuca ssp. lanata, the feltleaf monardella, grows in the chaparral of the Santa Ana Mountains in Orange County, and in San Diego County in the United States, and probably neighboring Baja California.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment - Monardella hypoleuca
- USDA Plants Profile
- Monardella hypoleuca - Photo gallery
Categories:- Monardella
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of California chaparral and woodlands
- Monterey Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest
- Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
- Natural history of Orange County, California
- Santa Ana Mountains
- Lamiaceae stubs
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