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Mountain Coyote Mint
Monardella odoratissima
  
25 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Mountain Coyote Mint (Monardella odoratissima) 25 Nurseries Carry This Plant Monardella odoratissima (mountain coyote mint, mountain beebalm, mountain monardella or mountain pennyroyal) is a perennial flowering plant which grows in mountain forests and sagebrush scrub. It is a member of the Lamiaceae, or mint family. It has the minty odor characteristic of this family. Monardella odoratissima is found in montane forests above 600 m. and below 3100 m. It is found in many Northern California mountain ranges, including the Klamath Mountains and the North California Coast Ranges, the Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevada, the Modoc Plateau, White Mountains and Inyo Mountains. It is found outside California, as far north as Washington, and in Nevada and Utah. Monardella odoratissima is an upright to sprawling perennial herb which can be woody at the base. It ranges from 30 centimeters to one meter-3 feet in height and equally wide. The plant can be either a smooth dark green or a hairy dark grey-green, with many gradations in between. It is often dotted with glands which release a strongly minty odor when the plant is touched. The leaves can lance-shaped to ovate, and are smooth-edged. They measure up to 4. 5 centimeters long. The flowers range in color from white and pale pink to light bluish-purple. The inflorescence is a head, which can be from 10 mm. to 25 mm. wide, with outer bracts which are like leaves, and inside bracts which enclose the many flowers like a cup. These bracts can be hairy or smooth, and sometimes have a rose or purplish color. The calyx, which is inside these bracts, is hairy and has 5 lobes. The corolla is tubular and has two lips. The upper lip is erect and has two lobes, but the lower lip curves downward and has 3 lobes. It has 4 stamens, and a style which has two unequal lobes. The fruits, like most of fruits of the mint family, are 4 smooth nutlets which are dark brown to black in color. Monardella odoratissima is easy to grow as a Garden plant. Although the Monardellas are in the mint family, most Monardellas do not grow from runners. However, they can still be propagated easily from cuttings. They are very attractive to butterflies, which are their main pollinator. Monardella odoratissima will grow in full sun to medium shade. It can be pruned lightly in the late fall or early winter to create a bushier plant, as they can otherwise be sprawling. They bloom profusely anytime from April through August. Because they are floriferous, they look best when spent blooms are deadheaded.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
4 - 11.8 in tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
White, Pink, Blue, Purple

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Summer

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata
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Shasta Pyrausta Pyrausta perrubralisPyrausta perrubralis
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California Pyrausta Moth Pyrausta californicalisPyrausta californicalis
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Fulvous-edged Pyrausta Pyrausta nexalisPyrausta nexalis
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Anstenoptilia marmarodactylaAnstenoptilia marmarodactyla
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Pyrausta fodinalis Image
Pyrausta fodinalisPyrausta fodinalis
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Pyrausta dapalisPyrausta dapalis

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade

Nurseries
Nurseries
Carried by 25

Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 6.5" - 154.7", Summer Precipitation: 0.30" - 5.70", Coldest Month: 10.8" - 52.0", Hottest Month: 34.1" - 79.3", Humidity: 0.31" - 28.26", Elevation: 18" - 14090"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Mountain Beebalm, Mountain Monardella, Mountain Pennyroyal, Mountain-monardella


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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