Monardella purpurea
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Monardella purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Siskiyou monardella and serpentine monardella.
It is native to the mountains of northern California and southern Oregon, including the Klamath Mountains. It grows in rocky slopes, chaparral, woodlands, montane forests and serpentine soils.{{Cite web|title=Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin|url=https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=MOPU2|access-date=|website=www.wildflower.org}}
Description
It is a perennial herb producing an erect, purple stem up to about 40 centimeters in maximum height. The oppositely arranged leaves are leathery, widely lance-shaped, and up to 3 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of leathery purplish bracts. The pinkish purple flowers are just over a centimeter long, narrow and tubular in shape with pointed lobes and protruding stamens. Flowers bloom June to July.
References
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External links
- [http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=5653 Calflora Database: Monardella purpurea (Siskiyou monardella)]
- [https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=33944 Jepson Manual eFlora treatment ofMonardella purpurea ]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=MOPU2 USDA Plants Profile for Monardella purpurea]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Monardella+purpurea UC Photos gallery — Monardella purpurea]
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Category:Flora of the Klamath Mountains
Category:Endemic flora of the United States
Category:Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
Category:Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
Category:Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Taxa named by John Thomas Howell
Category:Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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