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San Antonio Hills Monardella
( Monardella villosa ssp. villosa )
Monardella villosa ssp. villosa
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About San Antonio Hills Monardella (Monardella villosa ssp. villosa)
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Monardella antonina
is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Antonio Hills monardella. It is endemic to California, where its two subspecies are restricted to narrow sections of the Central Coast Ranges. The distribution of ssp. antonina is unclear, but it is mainly found in chaparral and wooded slopes in Monterey County. The rarer ssp. benitensis, the San Benito monardella, is a serpentine soils endemic which is mainly limited to the barren hills near the ghost town of New Idria in San Benito County. This is a pale green, rhizomatous, hairy perennial herb coated in whitish hairs. The oppositely arranged leaves are oval in shape and generally toothed. The flower cluster is a head of several flowers up to 1.5 centimeters wide with a base of leaflike leafs. Each flower is lavender in color. It has two long upper lobes and three lower with four long, protruding stamens at the center.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Dormancy
Evergreen
Flower Color
Purple, White
Flowering Season
Summer
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 8
likely
* )
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White-lined Sphinx
Hyles lineata
Hyles lineata
*
Shasta Pyrausta
Pyrausta perrubralis
Pyrausta perrubralis
*
California Pyrausta Moth
Pyrausta californicalis
Pyrausta californicalis
*
Fulvous-edged Pyrausta
Pyrausta nexalis
Pyrausta nexalis
*
Orange Tortrix Moth
Argyrotaenia franciscana
Argyrotaenia franciscana
*
Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla
Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla
*
Pyrausta fodinalis
Pyrausta fodinalis
Landscaping Information
Sun
Full Sun, Part Shade
Moisture
Very Low
Nurseries
Carried by 5
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium
Soil Description
Tolerates sandy and clay soil (ensure drainage)
Common uses
Deer Resistant, Bird Gardens, Hummingbird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Sunset Zones
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7*, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Natural Setting
Site Type
Open, rocky slopes
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 8.0" - 81.6", Summer Precipitation: 0.19" - 1.93", Coldest Month: 28.4" - 50.7", Hottest Month: 58.2" - 76.8", Humidity: 0.29" - 26.55", Elevation: 22" - 7057"
Alternative Names
Botanical Names
: Monardella antonina
Common Names
: Coyote Mint, San Benito Monardella
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Monardella villosa ssp. villosa
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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