Pronunciation: mon-ar-DEL-la NAN-a
Common name: Little monardella (Short-flowered
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. tenuiflora, habitat dry slopes,
3000'-8000', montane forest, chaparral, north Peninsu-
lar Range, Mt. San Jacinto, now considered to be M.
nana in the Jepson Manual 2nd Ed.