Coyote Mint
Monardella villosa
Aromatic, mint-scented mound topped by lavender-pink flower clusters that throng with butterflies and bees in summer. The leaves make a pleasant herbal tea.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- foundation, groundcover, container, erosion control
- Native states
- CA, OR