Monardella linoides

Flax like monardella

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Flax like monardella is a California native shrub found in dry, rocky habitats at moderate elevations. Flowering from late spring to summer, this plant produces delicate white to light blue or purple flowers in compact clusters up to 30 millimeters wide, surrounded by papery bracts in soft shades of white, straw, pink, and rose. Growing with erect stems 15 to 60 centimeters tall, it develops a distinctive silvery to ash-gray appearance with dense, uniform, recurved hairs. Its leaves are linear to narrowly ovate, 10 to 35 millimeters long and 2 to 10 millimeters wide, ranging from green to silvery or ash-gray in coloration. The plant's flowers feature stiff-hairy calyx lobes and exserted stamens, creating a delicate and textural botanical profile.

California counties: San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Inyo, Mono, Tulare, San Diego, Fresno, Kern, Nevada, Orange, Ventura

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