Leafy, hairy stems 4–12 inches tall have small, rose-pink to lavender, tubular flowers which spread open with two lips, each with tiny lobes. Note the narrow, hairy leaves have a minty aroma (not camphor or lemon scented), and the stem is square in cross section.

FLOWER: April–September. Flowers bloom from leaf axils. The hairy calyx that holds the petals has a swollen base and is tipped with 5 tapering teeth that converge and nearly close the opening when in fruit. Flowers tubular, narrow (not swollen), 1/4–1/2 inch long (5–12 mm); lower lip with 3 tiny lobes, upper lip entire or 2-lobed and flat to hood-like; 2 stamens underneath upper lip.

LEAVES: Opposite, stemless. Blades linear to elliptic, 3/8–3/4 inch  long (1–2 cm); margins entire, surfaces hairy with pitted glands (use lens).

HABITAT: Dry sandy, gravelly soils; desert grasslands and scrub, pinyon-juniper woodlands.

ELEVATION: 3,700–7,550 feet.

RANGE: AZ, CO, KS, MT, NE, ND, NM, NV, SD, TX, UT WY.

SIMILAR SPECIES: The minty scent (not camphor or lemon) and converging calyx teeth distinguish this species from other Hedeoma.

NM COUNTIES: Nearly statewide in low- to mid-elevation, dry habitats: Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Curry, Dona Ana, Eddy, Grant, Harding, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Luna, McKinley, Mora, Otero, Rio Arriba, Roosevelt, San Juan, San Miguel, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Sierra, Socorro, Taos, Torrance, Union.