Pronunciation: mon-ar-DEL-la NAN-a
Common name: Little monardella (San Felipe
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. leptosiphon, habitat chaparral
and yellow pine forest to 8000', central Peninsular
Range (Palomar Mts), now considered to be M. nana
in the Jepson Manual 2nd Ed.