Monardella breweri
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| image = Mustang mint, Monardella breweri (16026170749).jpg
| genus = Monardella
| species = breweri
| authority = A.Gray{{Cite POWO|title=Monardella breweri A.Gray|id=452099-1|access-date=2024-02-26|mode=cs1}}
| synonyms = *Madronella breweri (A.Gray) Greene
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Monardella breweri, commonly known as Brewer's monardella, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family.
Description
Monardella breweri is a hairy annual herb producing a branching erect stem up to about 65 centimeters in maximum height. The oppositely arranged oval leaves are up to 4.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of stiff, pointed, veined, purplish bracts up to 3 centimeters wide. Each hairy pinkish five-lobed flower is just over a centimeter long.
Subspecies
{{As of|2024|February}}, Plants of the World Online accepted four subspecies:
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|Monardella breweri subsp. breweri|
|Monardella breweri subsp. glandulifera|(I.M.Johnst.) Elvin
|Monardella breweri subsp. lanceolata|(A.Gray) A.C.Sanders & Elvin
|Monardella breweri subsp. microcephala|(A.Gray) Elvin & A.C.Sanders
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Distribution
Monardella breweri is endemic to California, where its range extends from the San Francisco Bay Area through the Central Coast Ranges to the Transverse Ranges, including the Santa Monica Mountains, in the Greater Los Angeles Area. Its habitat includes chaparral and oak woodland.
References
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External links
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4745,4789,4795 Jepson Manual Treatment - Monardella breweri]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MOBR3 USDA Plants Profile: Monardella breweri]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Monardella+breweri Monardella breweri - Photo gallery]
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Category:Endemic flora of California
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:Taxa named by Asa Gray
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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