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

Monardella follettii
Conservation status
Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
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

Distribution

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

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.

External links

• Calflora Database: Monardella follettii (Follett's monardella)
• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Monardella follettii^{[permanent dead link]}
• USDA Plants Profile for Monardella follettii
• UC Photos gallery: Monardella follettii

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