What is "monardella"

Monardella is a genus of approximately 40 species of annual and perennial plants native to western North America from British Columbia to northwestern Mexico. They are grown for their highly aromatic foliage, which in some species is used for herbal teas. The 2-lipped, tubular flowers are formed in terminal clusters and are most usually red, pink, or purple.

Plants in this genus are commonly known as wildmints, coyote mints or monardellas.

1. Monardella arizonica Epling - Arizona
2. Monardella australis Abrams - southern California
3. Monardella beneolens Shevock, Ertter & Jokerst - southern California
4. Monardella boydii A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California
5. Monardella breweri A.Gray - California, Nevada, Arizona, Baja California
6. Monardella candicans Benth. - San Joaquín Valley of California
7. Monardella douglasii Benth. - San Francisco Bay area of California
8. Monardella eplingii Elvin et al. - Arizona
9. Monardella eremicola A.C.Sanders & Elvin - southern California
10. Monardella exilis (A.Gray) Greene - southern California, Arizona
11. Monardella follettii (Jeps.) Jokerst - northern Sierra Nevada in California
12. Monardella hypoleuca A.Gray - southern California, Baja California
13. Monardella lagunensis M.E.Jones - Baja California Sur
14. † Monardella leucocephala A.Gray - Meced + Stanislaus Counties in California but believed to be extinct
15. Monardella linoides A.Gray - California, Arizona, Nevada, Baja California
16. Monardella macrantha A.Gray - California, Baja California
17. Monardella mojavensis Elvin & A.C.Sanders - Mohave Desert of southeastern California + southern Nevada
18. Monardella nana A.Gray - California, Baja California
19. Monardella odoratissima Benth. - Mountain Wildmint, Mountain Coyote Mint or Mountain Pennyroyal - much of western North America from British Columbia south to southern California + New Mexico
20. Monardella palmeri A.Gray - Santa Lucia Mountains of west-central California
21. † Monardella pringlei A.Gray - Mohave Desert of southeastern California but believed to be extinct
22. Monardella purpurea Howell - Oregon, California
23. Monardella robisonii Epling ex Munz - Mohave Desert of southeastern California
24. Monardella saxicola I.M.Johnst. - southeastern California
25. Monardella sheltonii Torr. ex Durand - Oregon, California
26. Monardella sinuata Elvin & A.C.Sanders - coastal central California
27. Monardella siskiyouensis Hardham - northern California
28. Monardella stebbinsii Hardham & Bartel - Plumas County in northern California
29. Monardella stoneana Elvin & A.C.Sanders - San Diego County in California, Baja California
30. Monardella × subglabra (Hoover) Hardham - California (M. purpurea × M villosa)
31. Monardella thymifolia Greene - Cedros Island in Baja California
32. Monardella undulata Benth. - coastal central California
33. Monardella venosa (Torr.) A.C.Sanders & Elvin - central California
34. Monardella villosa Benth. - (Common) Coyote Mint - Oregon, California
35. Monardella viminea Greene - San Diego County in southern California
36. Monardella viridis Jeps. - northern San Francisco Bay area of California (Sonoma, Napa, Solano, + Lake Counties)