Monardella viridis - Green monardella

Green monardella (Monardella viridis) is an evergreen perennial of dry slopes and ridges in Sonoma County, California, with fragrant foliage and purple to violet flowers in early summer.¹ It grows 0.3-0.5 m tall and 0.5-1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Well drained soil¹

Type

• Perennial
• Evergreen

Functions

• Flammable²
• Attracting beneficial insects¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.3-0.5
Diameter (m)	0.5-1

Footnotes

1. Monardella viridis, Green Monardella | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 15 seconds ↩