Pronunciation: mon-ar-DEL-la NAN-a
Common name: Little monardella (Desert monardella)
Family: Lamiaceae (Mint)
Habitat: Montane chaparral, woodland, forest, dry
desert-like slopes, 2500'–8000', Peninsular Range
Blooming period: May to August
Click for Latin name derivations: (1) Monardella
(2) nana
NOTE: This is the taxon that was formerly named
Monardella nana ssp. arida, habitat montane desert
slopes to 5000', San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mts, now
considered to be M. nana in the Jepson Manual 2nd
Ed.