Monardella hypoleuca

Monardella hypoleuca
ssp. lanata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Monardella
Species: M. hypoleuca
Binomial name
Monardella hypoleuca
A.Gray

Monardella hypoleuca is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, known by the common names thickleaf monardella and white leaf monardella. [1] [2]

It is endemic to southern California, It grows on the coastal hills and slopes of the Peninsular Ranges and Transverse Ranges, in chaparral and oak woodland habitats of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion.

Description

Monardella hypoleuca is a perennial herb producing an erect, purple stem coated in short hairs. The green, lance-shaped to oval leaves are oppositely arranged about the stem and have woolly white undersides. [2]

The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of woolly-haired purplish bracts 2 to 4 centimeters wide. The flowers are roughly 1.5 centimeters long and white or purple-tinged. [2]

Subspecies

Subspecies include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Calflora: Monardella hypoleuca
  2. 1 2 3 Jepson: Monardella hypoleuca
  3. ↑ Monardella hypoleuca ssp. hypoleuca
  4. ↑ Calflora: Monardella hypoleuca ssp. intermedia
  5. ↑ Monardella hypoleuca ssp. lanata


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