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Flaxleaf Monardella
Monardella linoides
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.
From the article Monardella linoides on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
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. Monardella linoides subsp. erecta — endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains. 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. Monardella linoides subsp. stricta — endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains and San Bernardino Mountains. Monardella linoides subsp. viminea — reclassified as Monardella viminea, a federally listed endangered species.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Monardella linoides in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 78100.