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|familia=Lamiaceae
|genus=Salvia
|species=pachyphylla
|common_name=Blue sage, Mountain desert sage, Rose sage
|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|habit=shrub
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max ht box=40
|Max ht metric=in
|height_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|Max wd box=40
|Max wd metric=in
|width_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|lifespan=perennial
|life_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|exposure=sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=evergreen, flowers
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|flowers=blue, purple
|Temp Metric=°F
|min_zone=5
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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'''''Salvia pachyphylla''''' ('''Blue sage''', '''Mountain desert sage''') is a perennial shrub native to California, Nevada, and Arizona. In California, it grows between {{convert|5000|to|10000|ft|m|abbr=on}} elevation on dry rocky slopes, blooming from July to September. It reaches {{convert|1|to|2|ft|m|abbr=on}} high, with blue-violet flowers, rarely rose, growing in dense clusters.<ref name="Vizgirdas">{{cite book|last=Vizgirdas|first=Ray S.|coauthors=Edna M. Rey-Vizgirdas|title=Wild Plants of the Sierra Nevada|publisher=University of Nevada Press|year=2006|page=120|isbn=9780874175356|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4fYHi-Eyyt4C&pg=PA120}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=McMinn|first=Howard|title=An illustrated manual of California shrubs|publisher=University of California Press|year=1951|page=475|isbn=9780520008472|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UJFqy7OQJHkC&pg=PA475}}</ref>