Monardella villosa subsp. villosa

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Coyote mint is a California native shrub found in northwestern and northern central western California in rocky slopes, oak woodlands, chaparral, and montane forest at elevations up to 1,300 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces delicate pink to purple flowers in compact clusters 10 to 30 millimeters wide. Growing with erect stems less than 50 centimeters tall, it has soft, wavy hairs that create a distinctive fuzzy texture. Its leaves are 10 to 22 millimeters long, with a base that tapers to obtuse and a surface that is sparsely hairy to woolly. Outer flower bracts reach 8 to 20 millimeters in length, adding to the plant's intricate visual structure.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, ephemeral drainages, oak woodland, chaparral, montane forest

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: < 1300 m

Bioregions: NW, n CW.

California counties: Mendocino, Humboldt, San Mateo, Sonoma, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Marin, Napa, Yolo, Colusa, Sutter, San Benito, Sacramento, Calaveras, Lake, Glenn, Tehama, Solano, Butte, Contra Costa, Amador, El Dorado, Shasta, Alameda, Nevada, Siskiyou, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Trinity, Yuba, Plumas, Fresno, Kings, Stanislaus, San Luis Obispo, Placer, Del Norte, San Francisco

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