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{{SPlantbox
 
{{SPlantbox
 
|familia=Lamiaceae
 
|familia=Lamiaceae
|genus=Salvia  
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|genus=Salvia
 
|species=thymoides
 
|species=thymoides
|habit=herbaceous
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|habit=shrub
 
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|Max ht box=10
 
|Max ht box=10
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|exposure=sun
 
|exposure=sun
 
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
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|features=evergreen, flowers
 
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
 
|flower_season=early summer, mid summer, late summer, early fall, mid fall, late fall, early winter, mid winter, late winter
 
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
|flower_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
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|image_width=240
 
|image_width=240
 
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Describe the plant here...
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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>
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''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==
 
==Cultivation==