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Monardella sheltonii is a species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Shelton's monardella. It is native to the mountains of northern California and southern Oregon, including the Klamath Mountains and Sierra Nevada, where it grows in chaparral, forest, and other habitat, often on serpentine soils. Monardella sheltonii is a rhizomatous perennial herb producing an erect stem lined with pairs of oppositely arranged lance-shaped leaves. The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a cup of leaflike bracts 1 to 3 centimeters wide. The five-lobed purple flowers are 1 to 2 centimeters long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

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Color

Purple

Flowering season

Summer

Special uses

Deer resistant

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low

Ease of care

Moderate

Sunset Zones

6, 7*, 8*, 9*, 14*, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Site type

Rocky clearings

Plant communities

Oak Woodland, Chaparral

Hummingbirds
Birds
Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 6 likely

Confirmed Likely

Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla

Orange Tortrix Moth

Argyrotaenia franciscana

California Pyrausta Moth

Pyrausta californicalis

Pyrausta fodinalis