Salvia pachyphylla

Plant Characteristics
Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Width:	⇔	40 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 40.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	evergreen, flowers
USDA Zones:		5 to 11
Flower features:	❀	blue, purple

Scientific Names
Lamiaceae >	Salvia >	pachyphylla >

Salvia pachyphylla (Blue sage, Mountain desert sage) is a perennial shrub native to California, Nevada, and Arizona. In California, it grows between 5000 to 10000 ft elevation on dry rocky slopes, blooming from July to September. It reaches 1 to 2 ft high, with blue-violet flowers, rarely rose, growing in dense clusters.^[1]^[2]

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References

↑ 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.

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[Vizgirdas-1] 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.

[2] 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.

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