INFLORESCENCE: bracts lanceolate to linear lanceolate, gradually acuminate to spinose bristle, not more than 4 mm wide, strongly reflexed from base. NOTES: See also parent taxon. Oak woodland, chaparral, ponderosa pine, pinyon juniper: Apache, Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Navajo, Pima, Santa Cruz, Yavapai cos.; 900 2950 m (3000 9600 ft); Jul Oct; NM s to Sin. and Dgo., Mex. REFERENCES: Henry, April M. 2003. Lamiaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 35(2).