Monardella viminea

Monardella viminea is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name willowy monardella.

Monardella viminea
Monardella viminea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Monardella
Species:
M. viminea
Binomial name
Monardella viminea
Greene

It is endemic to coastal San Diego County, within the City of San Diego, in southern California.[2][3] The plant is native to coastal sage scrub habitats of the California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion .

Conservation

Monardella viminea is a federal and state listed Endangered species, and a Critically Imperiled species on the California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.[3] It is seriously threatened by urbanization, hydrological alterations, road improvements, vehicles, and invasive species of plants.

References
  1. "Willowy monardella (Monardella viminea)". Environmental Conservation Online System. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. Jepson eFlora: Monardella viminea
  3. California Native Plant Society Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants (online edition, v8-02) — Monardella viminea] . accessed 14 February 2016.


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