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|familia=Lamiaceae
|familia=Lamiaceae
|genus=Salvia
|genus=Salvia
|species=sonomensis
|species=sonomensis
|common_name=Creeping sage, Sonoma sage
|common_name=Creeping sage, Sonoma sage
|exposure=part-sun
|exposure=part-sun
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|sun_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|features=flowers
|flowers=blue, purple
|flowers=blue, purple
|Temp Metric=°F
|Temp Metric=°F
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
|max_zone=11
|max_zone=11
|image=Upload.png
|image=Salviasonomensis.jpg
|image_width=240
|image_width=200
}}
}}
'''''Salvia sonomensis''''' ('''Sonoma sage''', '''creeping sage''') is a low-growing [[Salvia|sage]] native to [[California]].
As suggested by its common name, it is a mat-forming [[subshrub]] with stems growing no more about 40 cm high. The leaves are lance-elliptic to [[obovate]] in shape, about 3-6 cm long and .5 to 1.5 cm wide; they are hairy, the upper surface with minute hairs, and the lower surface so densely covered with recurved hairs that it looks white. The [[inflorescence]]s are [[scapose]], with clusters 1 to 1.5 cm wide. The flowers range in color from blue to lilac and purple.
This is a sage of the California coastal areas, ranging from the [[Klamath Range]] in the north to the hills of the coast between Los Angeles and San Diego. It is also found in the western foothills of the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]], at elevations between 2000 meters. Habitats include [[chaparral]], oak woodland, [[yellow pine]] forests, and dry slopes in general.
==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
