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Monardella villosa (coyote mint)

Synonyms: Madronella villosa (homotypic); Monardella villosa euvillosa; Monardella villosa var. glabella; Monardella villosa var. villosa

Wikipedia Abstract

Monardella villosa is a plant in the mint family which is known by the common name coyote mint. This is a perennial wildflower found only in California, except for one subspecies which sometimes occurs in Oregon. It grows in habitats of the California chaparral and woodlands in the California Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills.
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Infraspecies

Monardella villosa obispoensis (San Luis Obispo coyote mint)
Monardella villosa subserrata (San Antonio Hills monardella) (Attributes)
Monardella villosa var. obispoensis
Monardella villosa villosa (San Antonio Hills monardella)

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub
Height [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
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Predators

Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail)[3]
Junonia coenia (Buckeye)[3]
Papilio rutulus (Western tiger swallowtail)[3]
Pieris rapae (imported cabbageworm)[3]
Pyrgus communis (Checkered skipper)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0