Lepechinia ganderi
| Lepechinia ganderi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Lepechinia |
| Species: | L. ganderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lepechinia ganderi | |
Lepechinia ganderi is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Diego pitcher sage. It is known from only a few populations in northern Baja California and southern San Diego County, California, where it grows in the chaparral of the Peninsular Ranges.
Description[]
Lepechinia ganderi is an aromatic shrub with slender branches coated in rough hairs and resin glands. The leaves are lance-shaped and sometimes have toothed edges.
The raceme inflorescence bears flowers on short pedicels. Each flower has a base of long, pointed sepals below a white to light lavender tubular corolla. The flower is lipped at the mouth.
The small, dark, hairless fruit develops attached to the sepals once the corolla falls.
See also[]
- California chaparral and woodlands
- California coastal sage and chaparral
- California montane chaparral and woodlands
References[]
External links[]
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- Lepechinia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of San Diego County, California
- Lamiaceae stubs