Monardella beneolens

Monardella beneolens

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Monardella
Species: M. beneolens
Binomial name
Monardella beneolens
Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst

Monardella beneolens is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name sweet-smelling monardella.

Distribution

Monardella beneolens is endemic to California, where it is known from just a few occurrences in the high peaks of the southern Sierra Nevada. Its habitat includes subalpine mountain forests and alpine rock fields.

Although the plant is rare, it is not likely to experience disturbance or destruction because it lives in such remote habitat.[1]

Description

Monardella beneolens is a hairy, glandular rhizomatous perennial herb growing in a mat or small tuft and producing flowering stems 10 to 30 centimeters long. The long-haired, triangular or oval leaves are under a centimeter long and usually wavy along the edges. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of pinkish or pale green bracts. The five-lobed flowers are lavender or pink.

References

  1. ↑ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile

Further reading


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