[1] It is a bushy plant whose height can vary between 1 and 3 meters with erect stems and arching branches.

[2][3] It is usually found in temperate pine-oak or oyamel forests at altitudes between 2,400 and 3,200 meters above sea level.

[3][4][5] Nurite leaf essential oil contains 32 main compounds: Linalool (55.4%), nerol (6.4%), caryophyllene (6.25%), menthone (5.8%), geranyl acetate (4.1%), terpineol (3.7%) and pulegone (2.8%).

(because it has the capacity to inhibit up to 80% bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae) and even larvicides against mosquito pups.

[3][6] The essential oil has also shown antioxidant properties possibly attributed to the high amounts of thymol.