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Monardella macrantha

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Monardella macrantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Monardella
Species:
M. macrantha
Binomial name
Monardella macrantha

Monardella macrantha is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name red monardella.[1] It is native to coastal mountain ranges of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in several habitat types, including chaparral, woodlands, and forest.[2]

Description

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Monardella macrantha is a perennial herb forming a low tuft of slender stems lined with thick, shiny green leaves up to 3 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a head of several tubular flowers blooming in a cup of red-tinged green bracts up to 4 centimeters wide. The clustered flowers are bright red to yellowish in color, sometimes exceeding 4 centimeters in length with narrow lobed mouths.

Cultivation

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Monardella macrantha is cultivated in by specialty plant nurseries and available as an ornamental plant for native plant, drought tolerant, natural landscape, and habitat gardens; and for ecological restoration projects.

References

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  1. ^ S., Allen, Linda. Morphometrics of Monardella subgenus Macranthae (Lamiaceae). OCLC 30456342.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Hall, Harvey Monroe (1903). A Botanical Survey of San Jacinto Mountain. With Fourteen Plates. The University Press. pp. 109–110.
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