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'''''Salvia thymoides''''' is an evergreen perennial shrub native to a small region in Mexico on the border of [[Oaxaca]] and [[Puebla]] states, growing at elevations from {{convert|7000|ft|m}} to {{convert|9000|ft|m}}. Its native habitat is [[cloud forest]], with the mountains catching regular moisture in the form of fog and rain. The plant was named by the botanist [[George Bentham]] in 1833, with the specific epithet, ''thymoides'', referring to the small leaves which resemble those of [[thyme]]. It has a limited use in horticulture, introduced for the first time in the 1980s.<ref name="Clebsch">{{cite book|last=Clebsch|first=Betsy|coauthors=Carol D. Barner|title=The New Book of Salvias|publisher=Timber Press|date=2003|page=198|isbn=9780881925609|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=NM0iwB8GrQYC&pg=PA198}}</ref> ''Salvia thymoides'' is an upright plant that reaches {{convert|1|ft|m}} tall and wide, with grey-green {{convert|.25|in|cm}} leaves that are evergreen and profusely cover the plant. The {{convert|.5|in|cm}} flowers are purple-blue, and held in a tiny dark purple calyx, growing on whorls that are held on a short inflorescence that is {{convert|2|in|cm}} long.<ref name="Clebsch"/> ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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