Monardella macrantha - Hummingbird monardella

Hummingbird monardella (Monardella macrantha) is a low-growing, evergreen perennial native from Monterey and San Diego Counties into Baja California, its red flowers pollinated by hummingbirds. It grows 0.1-0.3 m tall and 0.3-0.5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Pollination¹
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.1-0.3
Diameter (m)	0.3-0.5

Footnotes

1. Monardella macrantha | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩