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Follett's monardella

Monardella follettii

Follett's monardella
Photo: Lassen National Forest, Public domain

Follett's monardella is an uncommon California wildflower in the mint family, a perennial herb with slender purple stems and small pink flower heads, found mainly in the northern High Sierra Nevada. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so cultivation advice is limited.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; it is adapted to dry summers in its native habitat.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or rocky mountain soil; tolerates serpentine.
Temperature
Cold-hardy to well below freezing in its native range; protect from extreme heat and waterlogging.
How easy
Hard
Native range
California (Plumas Co.)
Climate
temperate

About

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

Where it grows

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.

Other Monardella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monardella follettii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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