Biology:Monardella crispa
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| Kingdom: | Plantae
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| Species: | M. crispa
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| Monardella crispa Elmer
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Monardella crispa is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name crisp monardella. It is endemic to California , where it is known only from the sand dunes on the coastline of San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.[2]
Description
It is an aromatic perennial herb growing in a spreading woolly mat or mound with one or more stems up to half a meter in length. The fleshy, waxy, sometimes woolly leaves are 1 to 5 centimeters long and borne in clusters along the stem. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of papery, hairy purplish to straw-colored bracts. The flowers are purplish pink in color.
References
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.134822.
- ↑ "Monardella crispa - Crisp monardella" Tree of Life Nursery. Retrieved 2015-6-21.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment of Monardella crispa
- USDA Plants Profile for Monardella crispa
- Monardella crispa — CalPhoto gallery
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