Hyptis emoryi

Common Name: Desert Lavender
Oˊodham Name: Wiopal Audio
Group: Shrubs － Desert

Description

Hyptis emoryi is a shrub containing a dozen or so tall stems having a small number of tiny twigs, all covered by short hairs which gives the plant a gray appearance. During Springtime and the Monsoon, the plant has triangular gray leaves that are hairy. In Springtime, the plants bear many small purple flowers that smell like Lavender. It grows in, or adjacent to sandy washes at 2500 to 4000 ft elevation.

entire plant
leaves with fine hairs

Classification

Kingdom Plantae － Plants

Subkingdom Tracheobionta － Vascular plants

Superdivision Spermatophyta － Seed plants

Division Magnoliophyta － Flowering plants

Class Magnoliopsida － Dicotyledons

Subclass Asteridae

Order Lamiales

Family Lamiaceae － Mint family

Genus Hyptis Jacq. － bushmint

Species Hyptis emoryi Torr. － desert lavender

More Information

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