Monardella undulata subsp. crispa

Monardella undulata subsp. crispa

Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Monardella
Species:
Subspecies:
M. u. subsp. crispa
Trinomial name
Monardella undulata subsp. crispa
(Elmer) Elvin & A.C.Sanders

Monardella undulata subsp. crispa, synonym Monardella crispa is a rare subspecies 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

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0".
  2. ^ "Monardella crispa - Crisp monardella" Tree of Life Nursery. Retrieved 2015-6-21.