Plant: perennial herb; rhizomatous herbs, gray-green; hairs dense, appressed; stems to 19 cm tall Leaves: 3-4 cm long, 0.5-1.2 cm wide; petioles broad, to 1 mm long; blades oblong to narrowly elliptic; margins finely, shallowly serrate, to entire; bases short-attenuate at petiole INFLORESCENCE: with the lower bracts leafy, the others reduced, the uppermost longer than the sepals Flowers: calyx nearly actinomorphic, 5-7 mm long; corolla dull brownish-orange with purplish markings, 7-11 mm long, the tube included or slightly exserted Fruit: NUTLETS 1.5-2.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, obovate, slightly roughened Misc: Grassland to ponderosa pine; 1500-2500 m (5000-8200 ft); Jun-Sep REFERENCES: Christy, Charlotte M. 2003. Lamiaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 35(2).