- Salvia pachyphylla
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Salvia pachyphylla Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Lamiales Family: Lamiaceae Genus: Salvia Species: S. pachyphylla Binomial name Salvia pachyphylla
Epling ex MunzSalvia pachyphylla (Blue sage, Mountain desert sage) is a perennial shrub native to California, Nevada, and Arizona. In California, it grows between 5,000 to 10,000 ft (1,500 to 3,000 m) elevation on dry rocky slopes, blooming from July to September. It reaches 1 to 2 ft (0.30 to 0.61 m) high, with blue-violet flowers, rarely rose, growing in dense clusters.[1][2]
Notes
- ^ Vizgirdas, Ray S.; Edna M. Rey-Vizgirdas (2006). Wild Plants of the Sierra Nevada. University of Nevada Press. p. 120. ISBN 9780874175356. http://books.google.com/books?id=4fYHi-Eyyt4C&pg=PA120.
- ^ McMinn, Howard (1951). An illustrated manual of California shrubs. University of California Press. p. 475. ISBN 9780520008472. http://books.google.com/books?id=UJFqy7OQJHkC&pg=PA475.
External links
Categories:- Salvia
- Flora of California
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Nevada
- Lamiaceae stubs
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