This plant is flowering in our garden. The leaves are gray/green. It has small spikes of purple flowers all over, which are a few inches tall.
It has a peculiarly rich smell which I rather love, but my son and wife think it stinks. She described it as "skunky".
What is it?
Our location is temperate coastal California: Sunset zone 16, USDA Hardiness zone 10a, Köppen zone Csb.
I just found out that the plant is Plectranthus neochilus. A nearby nursery also calls its aroma "skunky"!
Any chance it is Mojave sage? The google image search shows plants that look similar to what you have, and I imagine it would have a sage-like smell, which some would like and some would not.
The leaves look a little different in this picture, but the flowers look very similar: http://www.highcountrygardens.com/perennial-plants/salvia/salvia-pachyphylla-mulberry-flambe
