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Monardella antonina

Identification

Monardella antonina, Butterfly Mint Bush.
A Callippe Fritillary Butterfly, Speyeria callippe on a Monardella antonina - grid24_3
Monardella antonina, San Antonio Hills Monardella, with a Fritillary Butterfly
Monardella antonina, Butterfly Mint Bush, has lavender flowers grouped in a head, and a minty fragrance. - grid24_3
Monardella antonina, San Antonio Hills Monardella
Monardella antonina, Butterfly Mint Bush, grows in a rain shadow in the central ranges of California, and is shown here in Santa Margarita, California. - grid24_3
Monardella antonina Butterfly Mint Bush
Monardella antonia with Fritilary Butterfly - grid24_3
Monardella antonina
The young Anna Hummingbird was getting his breakfast early one morning on a Monardella flower - grid24_3
Monardella antonina with hummingbird
A Pale Swallowtail on Monardella antonii - grid24_3
Monardella antonina, Pale Swallowtail
An American lady, Vanessa virginiensis, on Monardella antonina Butterfly Mint Bush - grid24_3
Monardella antonina Butterfly Mint Bush, with an American Lady Butterfly.

Description

Butterfly Mint Bush, Monardella antonina (sounds better than San Antonio Hills Monardella) is a one foot perennial covered with balls of pale purple with some pink, being worked constantly by every butterfly in our valley. Sometimes two or three on each blossom. The foliage is gray-green with a good minty fragrance. If you use it for tea (excellent with Yerba Buena) use small amounts and do not steep long for it is strong. The flowering period is between July and Dec.. We have this planted right above a Diplacus longiflorus and next to the L.P. form of Salvia spathacea in a very showy mass of colors with Hummingbirds and Butterflies everywhere. We mixed two others with Ceanothus hearstiourm in a strip of clay. Wonderful plant full of activity and scent.Wonderful plant.

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Characteristics

Monardella antonina Butterfly Mint Bush tolerates sand and clay.
Monardella antonina Butterfly Mint Bush is great for a butterfly garden.
Monardella antonina Butterfly Mint Bush's foliage color is green, type is evergreen, has fragrance and is edible.
Monardella antonina Butterfly Mint Bush's flower color is violet and has a fragrance.

Communities

Communities for Monardella antonina Butterfly Mint Bush:Coastal Sage Scrub and Central Oak Woodland.

Ranges for Monardella antonina

ph: 5.00 to 7.00
usda: 7 to 10
height[m]: 0.50 to 1.00
width[m]: 0.50 to 1.00
rainfall[cm]: 31.00 to 70.00

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