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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Salvia greggii''
| image = Salvia greggii Coronado Pink 2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Salvia greggii'' 'Coronado Pink'
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
| species = '''''S. greggii'''''
| binomial = ''Salvia greggii''
}}
'''''Salvia greggii''''', commonly known as '''Autumn Sage''', is a species of sage (genus ''[[Salvia]]'') native to [[Texas]] and [[Mexico]]. A [[shrub]] that can reach 3 feet in height and diameter, it will grow in poor soils and is much used in landscaping.
The flowers of the species are normally red, but a variety of cultivars have been produced, with shades from white to pink, as well as salmon, fuchsia and purple.
[[Image:Autumn Sage 'Teresa' (Salvia greggii).jpg|thumb|none|250px|The "Teresa" cultivar of Autumn Sage]]
== References ==
{{commons|Salvia greggii}}
* [http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/salviagreg.htm TAMU page on Salvia greggii]
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
{{Lamiales-stub}}
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Salvia greggii''
| image = Salvia greggii Coronado Pink 2.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Salvia greggii'' 'Coronado Pink'
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Lamiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Salvia]]''
| species = '''''S. greggii'''''
| binomial = ''Salvia greggii''
}}
'''''Salvia greggii''''', commonly known as '''Autumn Sage''', is a species of sage (genus ''[[Salvia]]'') native to [[Texas]] and [[Mexico]]. A [[shrub]] that can reach 3 feet in height and diameter, it will grow in poor soils and is much used in landscaping.
The flowers of the species are normally red, but a variety of cultivars have been produced, with shades from white to pink, as well as salmon, fuchsia and purple.
[[Image:Autumn Sage 'Teresa' (Salvia greggii).jpg|thumb|none|250px|The "Teresa" cultivar of Autumn Sage]]
== References ==
{{commons|Salvia greggii}}
* [http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/nativeshrubs/salviagreg.htm TAMU page on Salvia greggii]
[[Category:Lamiaceae]]
{{Lamiales-stub}}
