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Monardella follettii

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Monardella follettii

Imperiled  (NatureServe)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Monardella
Species:
M. follettii
Binomial name
Monardella follettii
(Jeps.) Jokerst

Monardella follettii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Follett's monardella.

Distribution

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Monardella follettii is endemic to California, where it is known from about twenty occurrences in the northern High Sierra Nevada, mostly in Plumas County — in the Lassen National Forest.

It grows in rocky mountain forests and slopes, sometimes on serpentine soils.

Description

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Monardella follettii is a perennial herb producing a slender erect stem which is purple in color and mostly hairless in texture. The lance-shaped, smooth-edged leaves are oppositely arranged about the stem.

The inflorescence is a head of several pink flowers blooming in a cup of leathery, hairy, glandular bracts.

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