Monardella linoides
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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| image = Monardella linoides sierrae 81713051.jpg
| image_caption = Monardella linoides subsp. sierrae
| status = G5
| status_system = TNC
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| genus = Monardella
| species = linoides
| authority = A.Gray
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Monardella linoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae known by the common name flaxleaf monardella.
It is native to southern California and slightly into adjacent sections of Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5634 Calflora: Monardella linoides]
It grows in many types of habitat from the Mojave Desert, through chaparral and woodlands in the Peninsular Ranges and Transverse Ranges, to subalpine forests in the Southern and Eastern Sierra Nevada.
Description
Monardella linoides is a gray-green perennial herb producing a slender erect stem up to about 50 centimeters in maximum height. The linear to oval leaves are 1 to 4 centimeters long and coated in grayish hairs. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of pale whitish or pink-tinged papery bracts 2 or 3 centimeters wide. The flowers are just over a centimeter long and light purple in color.
=Subspecies=
Subspecies include:
- Monardella linoides subsp. anemonoides — endemic to the Southern Sierra Nevada.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Monardella+linoides+ssp.+anemonoides Calflora: Monardella linoides ssp. anemonoides]
- Monardella linoides subsp. erecta — endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Monardella+linoides+ssp.+erecta Calflora: Monardella linoides ssp. erecta]
- Monardella linoides subsp. linoides
- Monardella linoides subsp. oblonga — endemic to the San Emigdio Mountains and Southern Sierra.
- Monardella linoides subsp. sierrae — Narrow leaved monardella, endemic to the Sierra Nevada.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Monardella+linoides+ssp.+sierrae Calflora: Monardella linoides ssp. sierrae]
- Monardella linoides subsp. stricta — endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains.[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Monardella+linoides+ssp.+stricta Calflora: Monardella linoides ssp. stricta]
- Monardella linoides subsp. viminea — reclassified as Monardella viminea, a federally listed endangered species.[http://www.northcoastcnps.org/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi/Show?_id=monardella_viminea California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile: Monardella viminea] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326174913/http://www.northcoastcnps.org/cgi-bin/inv/inventory.cgi/Show?_id=monardella_viminea |date=2012-03-26 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5634 Calflora Database: Monardella linoides (Flax like monardella)]
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?4745,4789,4811 Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Monardella linoides]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MOLI3 USDA Plants Profile for Monardella linoides]
- [http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Monardella+linoides The Nature Conservancy]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Monardella+linoides Monardella linoides − UC Photos gallery]
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Category:Flora of Baja California
Category:Flora of the California desert regions
Category:Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the Mojave Desert
Category:Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
Category:Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
Category:Taxa named by Asa Gray
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