Salvia eremostachya
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| Salvia eremostachya | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Salvia |
| Species: | S. eremostachya |
| Binomial name | |
| Salvia eremostachya Jeps. |
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Salvia eremostachya (Sand sage, Rose sage, Desert sage) is a perennial shrub native to the western edge of the Colorado Desert. It reaches 2 to 3 ft (0.61 to 0.91 m) high, with purplish green bracts on .75 in (1.9 cm) flowers that range from blue to rose to nearly white. The flowers grow in whorled clusters, blooming from April to November.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ McMinn, Howard (1951). An illustrated manual of California shrubs. University of California Press. p. 473. ISBN 9780520008472. http://books.google.com/books?id=UJFqy7OQJHkC&pg=PA473.
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