Monardella palmeri
| Monardella palmeri | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Monardella |
| Species: | M. palmeri
|
| Binomial name | |
| Monardella palmeri | |
Monardella palmeri is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Palmer's monardella.
Distribution
Monardella palmeri is endemic to California, where it is known only from the Santa Lucia Mountains of the California Coast Ranges in Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties. It grows in local habitat types such as chaparral and forest, often on serpentine soils.
Description
Monardella palmeri is a rhizomatous perennial herb forming a tuft of slender, decumbent purplish stems up to about 30 centimeters long. The leathery lance-shaped leaves are 1 to 2 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of leathery purple bracts roughly 3 centimeters wide. The pinkish purple flowers are up to 2 centimeters long with tips divided into five narrow lobes.
External links
- Calflora Database: Monardella palmeri (Palmer's monardella)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Monardella palmeri[permanent dead link]
- USDA Plants Profile
- Monardella palmeri − Photo gallery
 | This Lamiaceae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Monardella
- Endemic flora of California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Santa Lucia Range
- Monterey Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest
- Natural history of Monterey County, California
- Natural history of San Luis Obispo County, California
- Taxa named by Asa Gray
- Threatened flora of California
- Lamiaceae stubs