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Monardella purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common names Siskiyou monardella and serpentine monardella.

Monardella purpurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Monardella
Species:	M. purpurea
Binomial name
Monardella purpurea Howell

It is native to the mountains of northern California and southern Oregon, including the Klamath Mountains. It grows in rocky slopes, chaparral, woodlands, montane forests and serpentine soils.[1]

Description

It is a perennial herb producing an erect, purple stem up to about 40 centimeters in maximum height. The oppositely arranged leaves are leathery, widely lance-shaped, and up to 3 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of leathery purplish bracts. The pinkish purple flowers are just over a centimeter long, narrow and tubular in shape with pointed lobes and protruding stamens. Flowers bloom June to July.[1]

References

External links

• Calflora Database: Monardella purpurea (Siskiyou monardella)
• Jepson Manual eFlora treatment ofMonardella purpurea ^{[permanent dead link]}
• USDA Plants Profile for Monardella purpurea
• UC Photos gallery — Monardella purpurea

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