Monardella linoides

Monardella linoides
Monardella linoides
Conservation status

Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Monardella
Species: M. linoides
Binomial name
Monardella linoides
A.Gray

Monardella linoides is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names flaxleaf monardella and willowy monardella. It is native to southern California and adjacent sections of Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California, where it grows in many types of habitat from desert flats to subalpine forests, including in the Sierra Nevada and Mojave Desert.

Contents

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

There are about four subspecies of this plant. One, Monardella linoides ssp. viminea, sometimes classified as a separate species called Monardella viminea, is a rare plant limited to northern Baja California and parts of San Diego, California, is treated as a federally listed endangered species in the United States.[1]

References

  1. ^ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile: M. viminea

External links



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Monardella linoides — ID 54722 Symbol Key MOLI3 Common Name flaxleaf monardella Family Lamiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, NV Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Monardella linoides ssp. linoides — ID 54723 Symbol Key MOLIL Common Name flaxleaf monardella Family Lamiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, NV Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Monardella linoides ssp. viminea — ID 54726 Symbol Key MOLIV Common Name willowy monardella Family Lamiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb Dura …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Monardella linoides ssp. oblonga — ID 54724 Symbol Key MOLIO Common Name flaxleaf monardella Family Lamiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb Dur …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Monardella linoides ssp. stricta — ID 54725 Symbol Key MOLIS Common Name flaxleaf monardella Family Lamiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AZ, CA, NV Growth Habit Subshrub, Forb/herb …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Monardella linoides A. Gray ssp. linoides — Symbol MOLIL Common Name flaxleaf monardella Botanical Family Lamiaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Monardella linoides A. Gray — Symbol MOLI3 Common Name flaxleaf monardella Botanical Family Lamiaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Monardella linoides A. Gray ssp. oblonga (Greene) Abrams — Symbol MOLIO Common Name flaxleaf monardella Botanical Family Lamiaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Monardella linoides A. Gray ssp. oblonga (Greene) Abrams — Symbol MOLIO Common Name flaxleaf monardella Botanical Family Lamiaceae …   Scientific plant list

  • Monardella linoides A. Gray ssp. stricta (Parish) Epling — Symbol MOLIS Common Name flaxleaf monardella Botanical Family Lamiaceae …   Scientific plant list

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”