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Green Monardella
( Monardella viridis )
Monardella viridis
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About Green Monardella (Monardella viridis)
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Monardella viridis
is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mint family which is endemic to California. The plant has a disjunct distribution, its two subspecies separated by several hundred miles. The green monardella, ssp. viridis, is limited to the North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area, while the rock monardella, ssp. saxicola, is endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains of the Los Angeles Area. The plant has a disjunct distribution, its two subspecies separated by several hundred miles. The green monardella, ssp. viridis, is limited to the North Coast Ranges north of the San Francisco Bay Area, while the rock monardella, ssp. saxicola, is endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains of the Los Angeles Area. In general,
Monardella viridis
is a perennial herb producing a hairy erect or decumbent stem lined with pairs of oval leaves with woolly undersides. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a small cup of rough-haired, leaflike bracts. The light pink or purple flowers are between 1 and 2 centimeters long.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
0.33 - 1.6 ft tall
Flower Color
Pink
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 7
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
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 25.5" - 63.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.35" - 1.64", Coldest Month: 34.0" - 51.8", Hottest Month: 56.0" - 76.1", Humidity: 1.05" - 23.71", Elevation: 320" - 6102"
Alternative Names
Common Names
: Green Mountainbalm
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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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