Family | LAMIACEAE |
Genus species | Monardella crispa Elmer |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 39: 46 (1905) |
Native Range | w. California |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | white crispate-hirsute, leaves oblong-spathulate, 15-25mm long, margins often crisped, flowers in heads, to 3cm broad, with orbiculate, red-purple bracts |
Size | 10-45cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Monardella undulata ssp. crispa (Elmer) Elvin & A.C.Sanders Monardella undulata var. crispa (Elmer) Epling |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |