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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> |