Monardella viridis is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mint family which is endemic to California.

The plant has a disjunct distribution, its two subspecies separated by several hundred miles.

saxicola, is endemic to the San Gabriel Mountains of the Los Angeles Area.

In general, Monardella viridis is a perennial herb producing a hairy erect or decumbent stem lined with pairs of oval leaves with woolly undersides.

The inflorescence is a head of several flowers blooming in a small cup of rough-haired, leaflike bracts.