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Parent Taxon

• Lamiaceae

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthomintha
• Blephilia
• Bystropogon
• Clinopodium
• Conradina
• Cuminia
• Cunila
• Cyclotrichium
• Dicerandra
• Eriothymus
• Glechon
• Gontscharovia
• Hedeoma
• Hesperozygis
• Hoehnea
• Killickia
• Kurzamra
• Mentha
• Micromeria
• Minthostachys
• Monarda
• Monardella
• Obtegomeria
• Origanum
• Pentapleura
• Piloblephis
• Pogogyne
• Poliomintha
• Pycnanthemum
• Rhabdocaulon
• Rhododon
• Saccocalyx
• Satureja
• Stachydeoma
• Thymbra
• Thymus
• Zataria
• Ziziphora

Child Taxa

• Monardella angustifolia
• Monardella arizonica
• Monardella australis
• Monardella beneolens
• Monardella boydii
• Monardella breweri
• Monardella candicans
• Monardella douglasii
• Monardella eplingii
• Monardella eremicola
• Monardella exilis
• Monardella follettii
• Monardella hypoleuca
• Monardella lagunensis
• Monardella leucocephala
• Monardella linoides
• Monardella macrantha
• Monardella mojavensis
• Monardella nana
• Monardella odoratissima
• Monardella palmeri
• Monardella pringlei
• Monardella purpurea
• Monardella robisonii
• Monardella saxicola
• Monardella sheltonii
• Monardella sinuata
• Monardella siskiyouensis
• Monardella stebbinsii
• Monardella stoneana
• Monardella undulata
• Monardella venosa
• Monardella villosa
• Monardella viminea
• Monardella viridis

Top Observation Places

• Sunnyvale
• Mountain View
• Cupertino
• San Francisco
• Daly City
• San Mateo
• Chinatown
• South San Francisco
• San Rafael