Monardella odoratissima (Mountain Pennyroyal, Mountain Monardella)

7/7/07 Soda Creek, Hwy. 108 (Sonora Hwy.), 

Toiyabe National Forest, Sierra Nevada, Mono County, CA 

7/7/07 Soda Creek, Hwy. 108 (Sonora Hwy.), 

Toiyabe National Forest, Sierra Nevada, Mono County, CA 

 7/9/07 Kay's Silver Lake Resort, Hwy. 88 (Carson Pass Hwy), 

El Dorado National Forest, Sierra Nevada, Amador County, CA

 

7/9/07 Kay's Silver Lake Resort

8/15/11 Lower elevations of Onion Valley Road, Inyo National Forest,

Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

 7/8/00 Near Campsite #18 at Onion Valley, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

7/8/00 Onion Valley

8/14/04 Roadside near South Lake, elevation 9,700'

Bishop region, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

8/14/04 Roadside near South Lake

7/8/16 Lundy Canyon Trail, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/8/16 Virginia Lakes, Toiyabe National Forest, 
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/8/16 Dunderberg Meadow Road, Toiyabe National Forest,
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

7/7/16 Dunderberg Meadow Road, Toiyabe National Forest,
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

 7/3/16 North Lake Road, Bishop region, Eastern Sierra,

Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Mountain Pennyroyal, Mountain Monardella

SPECIES: Monardella odoratissima

FAMILY: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/8/2000

LOCATION: Near campsite #18 at Onion Valley, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial, tufted or not

Stem erect, greenish, hairy, with gland-tipped bristles or not

Leaf 5–45 mm, lanceolate to ovate, entire, sparsely to densely hairy, green to ash-gray, often purple-tinged

Inflorescence: head 10–25 mm wide; outer bracts reflexed or spreading, like leaves; middle bracts erect, in cup-like involucre, lanceolate to ovate, acute to obtuse, hairy, ciliate, scarious, greenish, sometimes lavender- to rose- or purple-tinged

Flower: calyx hairy, lobes woolly; corolla 10–20 mm, white, lavender, or purple

Ecology: Sagebrush scrub, montane forest

Elevation: 600–3100 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, High North Coast Ranges, High Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, nw Modoc Plateau, White and Inyo Mountains 

Distribution outside California: to Washington, Nevada