Martin and Hutchins 1980, Kearney and Peebles 1969

Duration: Perennial Nativity: Native Lifeform: Forb/Herb General: Perennial with slender wiry stems, 20-30 cm tall, herbage glabrate to puberulent. Leaves: Entire, narrowly lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, 6-15 mm long, 1-4 mm wide, conspicuously veined, stiffly erect or ascending. Flowers: Calyx 6-7 mm long, hispidulous, the upper lobes triangular-lanceolate, broader than the lower ones; corolla purplish, tube 8-11 mm long. Fruits: Ovary deeply 4-parted, with 4 nutlets. Ecology: Found on rocky slops in canyons from 5,000-9,500 ft (1524-2896 m); flowers May-October. Notes: Distinguished by the narrowly lanceolate leaves with conspicuous veins. Ethnobotany: Unknown, but other species in the genera have uses. Etymology: Hedeoma is from the Greek hedus, sweet, and osme, odor, an ancient name for a strongly aromatic mint, while hyssopifolia means having leaves like Hyssop. Synonyms: None Editor: SBuckley, 2010