Monardella sheltonii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Shelton's monardella.
| Monardella sheltonii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Monardella |
| Species: | M. sheltonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Monardella sheltonii (Torr.) Howell
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It is native to the mountains of northern California and southern Oregon, including the Klamath Mountains and Sierra Nevada, where it grows in chaparral, forest, and other habitat, often on serpentine soils.
Description
editMonardella sheltonii is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing an erect stem lined with pairs of oppositely arranged lance-shaped leaves. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of leaflike bracts 1 to 3 centimeters wide. The five-lobed purple flowers are 1 to 2 centimeters long.
The Concow tribe called the plant bul-luk’-tō (Konkow language).[1]
References
edit- ^ Chestnut, Victor King (1902). Plants used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California. Government Printing Office. p. 404. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
External links
edit- Calflora Database: Monardella sheltoni (Shelton's coyote mint, Shelton's monardella)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment ofMonardella sheltonii
- USDA Plants Profile
- UC Photos gallery: Monardella sheltonii
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