Monardella australis subsp. australis

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Southern montane monardella is a California native shrub found in the San Gabriel Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, and San Jacinto Mountains in mid-montane to subalpine forest, chaparral, and rocky openings at elevations of 1,450 to 3,300 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces rose-colored flowers in compact clusters 12 to 20 millimeters wide with outer bracts tinged in rose. Growing as a matted plant with decumbent to ascending stems 10 to 20 centimeters tall, it forms dense low-growing clusters. Its leaves are nearly sessile, lanceolate to narrowly ovate, 6 to 17 millimeters long and 2.5 to 5 millimeters wide, with entire to weakly serrate edges. The rose-colored flowers feature corollas 10 to 13 millimeters long, nestled among hairy, rose-tinged bracts.

Habitat: Mid-montane to subalpine forest, chaparral, rocky openings

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 1450-3300 m

Bioregions: SnGb, SnBr, SnJt.

California counties: San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.