Red Monardella (Monardella macrantha)

Red Monardella, a reference photo — Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Monardella macrantha is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name red monardella. It is native to coastal mountain ranges of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in several habitat types, including chaparral, woodlands, and forest.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Red Monardella being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Keckiella corymbosa

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Monardella
Species: Monardella macrantha

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