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Shelton's monardella

Monardella sheltonii

Also called Shelton's Coyote Mint, Coyote Mint

Shelton's monardella is a rhizomatous perennial wildflower in the mint family, native to mountain chaparral and forest in northern California and southern Oregon, often on serpentine soils. It is grown mainly for native plantings and needs sharp drainage and full sun.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings and avoid wet winter soil.
Soil
Fast-draining, gritty or rocky soil; tolerates serpentine and poor, lean soils.
Temperature
Hardy in mild to cool temperate climates; tolerates cold winters if drainage is good.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Oregon to N. California
Climate
temperate

About

Monardella sheltonii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Shelton's monardella.

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.

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 sheltonii 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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