Monardella hypoleuca
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| genus = Monardella
| species = hypoleuca
| authority = A.Gray
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Monardella hypoleuca is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, known by the common names thickleaf monardella and white leaf monardella.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5629 Calflora: Monardella hypoleuca][https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=33934 Jepson: Monardella hypoleuca]
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.
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.
=Subspecies=
Subspecies include:
- Monardella hypoleuca subsp. hypoleuca — endemic from Orange County north to Santa Barbara County.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Monardella+hypoleuca+ssp.+hypoleuca Monardella hypoleuca ssp. hypoleuca]
- Monardella hypoleuca ssp. intermedia — endemic to the Santa Ana Mountains.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Monardella+hypoleuca+ssp.+intermedia Calflora: Monardella hypoleuca ssp. intermedia]
- Monardella hypoleuca ssp. lanata — feltleaf monardella, endemic to the Peninsular Ranges including the Cuyamaca Mountains, within San Diego County.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Monardella+hypoleuca+ssp.+lanata Monardella hypoleuca ssp. lanata]
See also
- {{C|Endemic flora of California}}
- {{C|Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5629 Calflora Database: Monardella hypoleuca (Thickleaf monardella, White leaf monardella)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=33934 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Monardella hypoleuca]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MOHY USDA Plants Profile]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Monardella+hypoleuca Monardella hypoleuca − UC Photo gallery]
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Category:Endemic flora of California
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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