Plant: perennial herb; rhizomatous; stems mostly 1-1.5 m tall, branched near inflorescence Leaves: petioles narrowly winged, 6-10 mm long; blades mostly narrowly elliptic, 5-9 cm long, 1-2.4 cm wide; margins evenly serrate INFLORESCENCE: with lowest bracts leafy, the others much smaller but usually exceeding calyx Flowers: pedicels 2 mm long; calyx zygomorphic, 5-7 mm long, the teeth shorter than tube, the apices acute; corolla 8-15 mm long, white with red-purple markings Fruit: NUTLETS ca. 2 mm long and 2 mm wide, brown, glabrous Misc: Riparian areas from upper Sonoran Desert to oak woodland; 750-1350 m (2400-4500 ft); May-Oct REFERENCES: Christy, Charlotte M. 2003. Lamiaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 35(2).