Monardella breweri subsp. breweri

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: annual · Native

Brewer's monardella is a California native annual found in the San Francisco Bay, south-central coastal, and western Transverse Ranges in oak woodland, chaparral, and pinyon/juniper woodland at elevations below 1,500 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces rose-colored flowers in compact clusters 20 to 30 millimeters wide, with distinctive widely ovate purple-tinged bracts that have stiff-pointed tips. Growing with gray-hairy stems 15 to 65 centimeters tall, it has an upright and somewhat delicate appearance. Its leaves are narrowly ovate, measuring 15 to 45 millimeters long, positioned along the slender stems. The flower's calyx is intricately veined with 12 to 16 prominent veins, supporting a rose-colored corolla 12 to 15 millimeters long.

Habitat: Oak woodland, chaparral, pinyon/juniper woodland

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: < 1500 m

Bioregions: SnFrB, SCoR, WTR.

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