Monardella purpurea
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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: | Monardella |
| Species: | M. purpurea
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| Binomial name | |
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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, where it grows in chaparral and forest, often on serpentine soils.
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.
External links[]
- Calflora Database: Monardella purpurea (Siskiyou monardella)
- Jepson Manual eFlora treatment ofMonardella purpurea [permanent dead link]
- USDA Plants Profile for Monardella purpurea
- UC Photos gallery — Monardella purpurea
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- Monardella
- Flora of California
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Endemic flora of the United States
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the San Francisco Bay Area
- Taxa named by John Thomas Howell
- Lamiaceae stubs