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Monardella viminea is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name willowy monardella.

Monardella viminea
Monardella viminea
Conservation status
Endangered (ESA)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Lamiaceae
Genus:	Monardella
Species:	M. viminea
Binomial name
Monardella viminea Greene

It is endemic to coastal San Diego County, within the City of San Diego, in southern California.[2][3] The plant is native to coastal sage scrub habitats of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion .

Conservation

Monardella viminea is a federal and state listed Endangered species, and a Critically Imperiled species on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.[3] It is seriously threatened by urbanization, hydrological alterations, road improvements, vehicles, and invasive species of plants.

References

External links

• Calflora Database: Monardella viminea (Willowy monardella)
• Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Monardella viminea
• The Nature Conservancy
• UC Photos gallery of Monardella viminea (willowy monardella)

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