Clinopodium mimuloides

Monkey-flower savory

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Monkey-flower savory is a California native perennial herb found in the central coast, southern coastal ranges, western Transverse Ranges, and San Gabriel Mountains in moist places, streambanks, chaparral, and woodland at elevations of 400 to 1,800 meters. Flowering from June to October, this plant produces salmon-orange flowers 15 to 35 millimeters long with purple-veined calyxes, typically fading as they dry. Growing with erect stems up to 2 meters tall and long, spreading hairs, it develops a mostly herbaceous structure with occasional woody base. Its leaves are broadly ovate, 35 to 80 millimeters long, with irregular shallow teeth and white appressed hairs that give the foliage a distinctive textured appearance. Flowers emerge individually or in clusters of up to 6 from leaf axils, with pedicels extending 2 to 3 centimeters.

Habitat: Moist places, streambanks, chaparral, woodland

Bloom period: Jun-Oct

Elevation: 400-1800 m

Bioregions: CCo, SCoRO, WTR, SnGb.

California counties: Santa Barbara, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Los Angeles

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.