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San Luis Obispo Monardella

Monardella undulata subsp. undulata

San Luis Obispo Monardella
Photo: jkirkhart35, CC BY 2.0

San Luis Obispo monardella is a rare perennial herb in the mint family, native only to coastal dunes, sage scrub and chaparral in San Luis Obispo County, California. It is a wild subspecies rarely grown in gardens, and it needs well-drained, sandy soil and full sun to thrive.

Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between watering.
Soil
Very well-drained sandy or gritty soil.
Temperature
Tolerates mild coastal temperatures; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate

About

Monardella undulata subsp. undulata, synonym Monardella frutescens, is a rare subspecies of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name San Luis Obispo monardella.

Where it grows

Monardella undulata subsp. undulata Habitat includes dunes and coastal areas. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the sand dunes and coastal sage and chaparral scrub on the coastline of San Luis Obispo County.

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 undulata subsp. 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.

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