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Monardella odoratissima

Pacific Monardella · Coyote-mint · Mountain Coyote Mint · Mountain Monardella

Family LamiaceaeGenus Monardella

Pink pompom flower heads with protruding stamens, crowded over a mat of narrow gray-green leaves.
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About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
perennialPlants of the World Online
Habit
Perennial, Forb/herb, SubshrubPLANTS Database
Flower
White, lavender, purpleWikipedia
Native range
Canada, lower 48 statesPLANTS Database

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS; Wikipedia — Wikipedia contributors.

Worth knowing

  • Mountain coyote mint has the minty smell of its family, but although Monardella is in the mint family, most of its species do not spread by runners. Butterflies are its main pollinators. Wikipedia: Monardella odoratissima

This source reports three treatments. All are shown.

Protocol 1

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Germination time not stated; 21 days assumed.

5% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Monardella p. 179Public domain
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Monardella (Lamiaceae). M. odoratissima germ. 70L(1/20), none in 70D, and 40(1/22)-70(1/22).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Monardella p. 179. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 2

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Very high Rated by us, not by the source.

Start around March 15, 2027 for a May 3 last frost.

  1. Cold moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 40°F 4°C

  2. Warm moist stratification

    Duration: 90 daysTemperature: 70°F 21°C

    1/22 germinated in this phase.

Steps after step 1 run on after germination.

Germination happens during step 1; time not stated, 21 days assumed.

5% germination.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Monardella p. 179Public domain
Show the original text
Monardella (Lamiaceae). M. odoratissima germ. 70L(1/20), none in 70D, and 40(1/22)-70(1/22).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Monardella p. 179. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

Protocol 3

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark

No stated waiting before sowing.

0% germination.

Nothing germinated at 70.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Monardella p. 179Public domain
Show the original text
Monardella (Lamiaceae). M. odoratissima germ. 70L(1/20), none in 70D, and 40(1/22)-70(1/22).
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Monardella p. 179. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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