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Flaxleaf monardella

Monardella linoides

Also called Laxleaf Monardella

Flaxleaf monardella
Photo: garmonb0zia, CC0

Flaxleaf monardella is a gray-green, slender perennial herb in the mint family, native to dry and montane parts of southwestern North America. It is a wild native rather than a commonly grown garden plant, so care suggestions are general and it is best grown in lean, well-drained soil.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Lean, very well-drained, gritty or sandy soil.
Temperature
Tolerates cool to warm conditions; frost-hardy in mild climates, protect from prolonged freezing.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. U.S.A. to Mexico (Baja California)
Climate
subtropical

About

Monardella linoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae known by the common name flaxleaf monardella.

It is native to southern California and slightly into adjacent sections of Nevada, Arizona, and Baja California.

Other Monardella plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monardella linoides 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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