Monardella stoneana

Jennifer's monardella

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Jennifer's monardella is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native shrub found in southwestern San Diego County in rocky streambeds and banks of intermittent streams at elevations below 660 meters. Flowering from May to September, this plant produces pale pink flowers occasionally tinged light blue, arranged in compact clusters 10 to 15 millimeters wide. Growing with several to many stems 20 to 50 centimeters tall, it forms a low, compact subshrub with a strongly pungent scent. Its lanceolate to narrowly ovate leaves measure 17 to 35 millimeters long, appearing green with purple tinges near the stem tips, and are nearly glabrous with sparse puberulent surfaces. The plant's distinctive aromatic nature and compact growth make it a unique inhabitant of southern California's intermittent stream environments.

Habitat: Rocky streambeds, banks of intermittent streams

Bloom period: May-Sep

Elevation: < 660 m

Bioregions: sw PR (San Diego Co.)

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