Monardella linoides subsp. sierrae
Family: Lamiaceae · Type: shrub · Native
Sierra monardella is a California native shrub found in central Sierra Nevada Mountains, northern eastern Sierra Nevada, and northern Mojave Desert on granitic soils in chaparral and conifer woodlands at elevations of 1,000 to 3,500 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces lavender to pink flowers in compact clusters 15 to 26 millimeters wide with distinctive pale to rose-colored bracts. Growing with multiple silvery stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall, it has a densely puberulent appearance that gives the plant a soft, grayish texture. Its lanceolate leaves are 20 to 30 millimeters long, pale green with acute bases, slightly glabrous on the upper surface and sparsely puberulent underneath. The flower clusters emerge on short peduncles, creating delicate, compact flower heads characteristic of this Sierra Nevada endemic.
Habitat: Chaparral, conifer woodland to forest, coarse, granitic soils
Bloom period: Jun-Sep
Elevation: 1000-3500 m
Bioregions: c&s SNH, SNE, n DMoj
California counties: Kern, Tulare, Inyo, Mono, Alpine, Madera
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