Monardella purpurea Calflora

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Taxon Report

Monardella purpurea Howell

Serpentine monardella, Siskiyou monardella

2001 Bart and Susan Eisenberg

2006 Dr. Mark S. Brunell

2007 Dr. Mark S. Brunell

Monardella purpurea is a perennial herb that is native to California, and found only slightly beyond California borders.


	Plant Range Observation Search (163 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

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Genus:	Monardella
Family:	Lamiaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Ultramafic affinity: 6 - strict endemic

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Mixed Evergreen Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Monardella neglecta
JEF	Monardella odoratissima var. neglecta
JEF + PLANTS	Monardella villosa ssp. neglecta
JEF	Monardella villosa var. neglecta

More information about Monardella purpurea


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (MOPU2) BONAP Distribution Map	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 09/30/2022).