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Monardella antonina

Butterfly Mint Bush.

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

Monardella antonina tolerates sand and clay.
Monardella antonina is great for a butterfly garden.
Foliage of Monardella antonina has color green, is evergreen, has fragrance and is edible.
Flower of Monardella antonina has color violet and has a fragrance.

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

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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