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Curlyleaf monardella

Monardella undulata

Also called Curly Leaved Monardella

Curlyleaf monardella
Photo: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0

Curlyleaf monardella is a fragrant, low shrub or subshrub from coastal California, grown for its scented flower spikes. It needs full sun and very good drainage, and suits dry, native-style gardens.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, fast-draining soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
Mild coastal conditions; tolerates light frost, protect below -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. California
Climate
subtropical

About

Monardella undulata is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name curlyleaf monardella. It is an annual herb and is endemic to the coast of California.

Where it grows

It is endemic to the coast of California from Sonoma to Santa Barbara Counties, where it is known from several coastal habitat types, including dunes, coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and forest.

Other Monardella plants

Arizona monardella · Red monardella · Mountain monardella · Coyote mint

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monardella undulata 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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