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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Perennial
General Desc:
Mint family; green; covered with fine short hairs growing in small dense clumps; multiple stems are erect or slightly curving upward; small bluish-purple, 2-lipped flowers bloom spring into summer.
Identification notes: Tufted stems; woody base; leaf blades ovate, usually smooth margined, usually less than 1 inch long, glandular hairs on both sides; fruits with nodules; flowers few in upper leaf axils, sparsely glandular and hairy, bluish-purple with white blotches.
Height:
4 to 16 inches
Habitat Description: Dry sandy soil; rock boulders & washes, riparian, juniper open woodland, grasslands.
Plant Communities:
Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Riparian
Elevation: 2500 - 5500 feet
Color:
Deep blue and white to purplish and white
Shape:
Irregular not in clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Apr - Aug
Description:
Showy, delicate 2-lipped flowers with white blotches on lower lip, short stalked; very few flowers in upper leaf axils; hairy on outside, woolly hairs inside.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Simple
Leaf Shape:
Round or oval
Leaf Margin:
Toothed
Leaf Attachment:
Opposite
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Stems grow from woody base, erect or lying along ground with extremities curved upward; oval or lance-like, 1/2 to 1 inch, margins smooth to slightly scalloped; stems and leaves covered with stalked glandular hairs; stems squarish.
Fruit Color: Black
Fruit Type: Nutlet
Fruit Notes: Small black nutlets about 1/16 inch.
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