Plant: perennial herb; Stems several, (10-)25-35(-50) cm long, terete to 4-angled, sparsely to densely puberulent, tan, green, or gray, erect or decumbent, often with sterile lateral branches; rhizome stout, with peeling bark Leaves: petiole none, or up to 3 mm long; blades lanceolate to ovate, 0.7-3.5 cm long, 0.2-1.0 cm wide, sparsely puberulent, without stalked glands, the margin entire to serrulate, the apex acute or obtuse INFLORESCENCE: terminal, 1 per stem; all bracts sparsely pubescent to tomentose; bracts of outer whorl 2-5, spreading, leaf-like, lanceolate or elliptic, 5-25 mm long, 2-10 mm wide; bracts of inner whorl 5 or more, erect, forming an involucre, longer than calyces, ovate, 5- 12 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, with moderately to densely ciliate margins, often tinged purplish Flowers: calyx tubular, 5-9 mm long, at least half as long as corolla, moderately to densely villous, the lobes acute, linear to lanceolate; corolla tubular, 7-12 mm long, pink, or purple, rarely white, glabrous or minutely puberulent; stamens slightly unequal, the anthers divergent, often purple-colored; ovary 1-2 mm long; style to 1 cm long Fruit: NUTLETS oval to oblong, to 2 mm long, brown or tan, smooth Misc: Mostly in ponderosa pine and other coniferous forests; 1700-3350 m (5500-11000 ft); Mar-Oct REFERENCES: Trauth Nare, Amy E. 2003. Lamiaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 35(2).