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Sweet-smelling monardella

Monardella beneolens

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SC. California
Climate
temperate

About

Monardella beneolens is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name sweet-smelling monardella.

Where it grows

Monardella beneolens is endemic to California, where it is known from just a few occurrences in the high peaks of the southern Sierra Nevada. Its habitat includes subalpine mountain forests and alpine rock fields.

Other Monardella plants

Arizona monardella · Monardella australis subsp. cinerea · Southern monardella · Brewer's monardella · Sierra monardella · Douglas' monardella · Desert monardella · Follett's monardella · Thickleaf monardella · Monardella breweri subsp. lanceolata · Merced monardella · Flaxleaf monardella

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monardella beneolens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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