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Monardella

{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the sage family Lamiaceae}}

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|taxon = Monardella

|authority = L.

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Monardella is a genus of approximately 40 species of annual and perennial plants native to western North America from British Columbia to northwestern Mexico.[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=129274 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Monardella Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps]Elvin, M.A. & Sanders, A.C. (2009). Nomenclatural changes for Monardella (Lamiaceae) in California. Novon 19: 315-343. They are grown for their highly aromatic foliage, which in some species is used for herbal teas. The two-lipped, tubular flowers are formed in terminal clusters and are most usually red, pink, or purple.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4745,4789 Jepson Manual Treatment]

Monardella is a Latin diminutive form of Monarda (a taxonomic patronym honoring the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes), which the form of the flower heads resembles. {{Cite book |last=Burkhardt |first=Lotte |title=Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen - Erweiterte Edition. Index of Eponymic Plant Names - Extended Edition. Index de Noms éponymiques des Plantes - Édition augmentée |date=2018-06-06 |publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Freie Universität Berlin |page=M64 |isbn=978-3-946292-26-5 |language=de |doi=10.3372/epolist2018 |s2cid=187926901 }} Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas.

Species

{{As of|2024|February}}, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:{{Cite POWO|title=Monardella Benth..|id=30006422-2|access-date=2024-02-26|mode=cs1}}

Horticulture and ecology

Most like a sunny, sharply drained site and can be attractive in a rock garden or pot in the alpine house if smaller species are selected. The taller ones can be used at the front of a dry sunny border. They have reasonable frost resistance, but resent dampness in winter. Propagate from seed or summer cuttings of perennial species, or by division of clumps.

Monardella is a nectar plant for many Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), including the endangered Myrtle's silverspot (Speyeria zerene myrtleae).

Several species are rare California endemics; two, the Merced monardella (M. leucocephala) and Pringle's monardella (M. pringlei), have not been seen in many decades and are presumed extinct.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4745,4789,4810 Jepson Manual Treatment: M. leucocephala][http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4745,4789,4828 Jepson Manual Treatment: M. pringlei]

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References

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External links

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  • [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MONAR2 USDA Plants Profile: Monardella]
  • [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/specieslist.cgi?where-genus=Monardella Calflora Database: Monardella]

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Category:Lamiaceae genera

Category:Flora of Northern America

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus