Salvia lemmonii

Taxobox
name = Lemmon's sage

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image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Lamiales
familia = Lamiaceae
genus = "Salvia"
species = "S. lemmonii"
binomial = "Salvia lemmonii"
binomial_authority = A. Gray
synonyms="Salvia microphylla" Benth. var. "wislizeni" A. Gray

"Salvia lemmonii" (Lemmon's sage) is an aromatic species of sage that is native to the United States and Mexico.cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SALE5|title="Salvia lemmonii" |work=PLANTS database|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture|accessdate=2008-01-25] cite book|author=Spellenberg, R.| title=Field Guide to North American Wildflowers - Western Region|publisher=National Audubon Society|location= | year=1979 | id=ISBN 0 375 40233 0] It grows to a height of between 30 and 90 cm and has long, ovate leaves which are between 2.5 and 5 cm in length.

The long, tubular flowers are deep pink to crimson with a projecting upper lip and a wide, down-turned lower lip. These appear in clusters on the ends of stems between July and October (mid summer to mid spring) in their native range.

This species occurs in dry woodland in northern Mexico, southern Arizona and New Mexico and is usually found in canyons or on rocky slopes.

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