Clinopodium mimuloides

Clinopodium mimuloides
Monterey County, California, 2019
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Clinopodium
Species:
C. mimuloides
Binomial name
Clinopodium mimuloides
Synonyms
  • Satureja mimuloides

Clinopodium mimuloides is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name monkeyflower savory.[1] It is endemic to California.[2]

The plant can be found from the Santa Lucia Mountains to the San Gabriel Mountains in Central California and Southern California. It grows in chaparral, and woodlands, and moist places.[3]

Description

Clinopodium mimuloides is a perennial herb or small shrub growing erect to about 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height.[4] The slender branches are hairy, the herbage aromatic. The leaves have toothed or wavy edges and are up to 8 centimeters long by 6 wide.

Flowers occur in the leaf axils. Each is tubular and may be over 3 centimeters long. The flowers are salmon pink in color, and as the plant's name suggests, resemble those of some Mimulus species.

References

  1. ^ "Clinopodium mimuloides". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  2. ^ "Clinopodium mimuloides (Benth.) Kuntze | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  3. ^ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  4. ^ "Clinopodium mimuloides". ucjeps.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-04-30.


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