Lamiaceae — Mint Family
Salvia leucantha Cav.
Salvia leucantha Cav.
Salvia leucantha, or Mexican bush sage, is an ornamental herbaceous perennial native to Mexico, with studied essential oil chemistry.
Salvia regla Cav.
Salvia regla Cav.
Salvia regla, or Mountain sage, is a deciduous shrub native to parts of Texas and Mexico, popular with migrating hummingbirds.
Salvia sessei Benth.
Salvia sessei Benth.
Salvia sessei is a frost-sensitive perennial shrub native to central Mexico, first collected during the 1777 Spanish Royal Botanical Expedition.
Salvia greggii A.Gray
Salvia greggii A.Gray
Salvia greggii A.Gray is a variable, widely cultivated sage with many named cultivars and natural hybrids known as Mexican salvias.
Salvia lycioides A.Gray
Salvia lycioides A.Gray
Salvia lycioides (Canyon sage) is a low-growing sprawling perennial native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico, known for its bright blue flowers.
Salvia thymoides Benth.
Salvia thymoides Benth.
Salvia thymoides Benth. is an evergreen perennial shrub native to the Oaxaca-Puebla border region of Mexico with limited horticultural use.
Salvia chamaedryoides Cav.
Salvia chamaedryoides Cav.
Salvia chamaedryoides (germander sage) is an evergreen perennial native to Mexican high deserts, grown in horticulture since the 1800s.
Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn.
Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn.
Salvia lasiocephala Hook. & Arn. is an annual herb of tropical Americas growing to 60 cm tall with small pink to blue flowers.
Salvia arizonica A.Gray
Salvia arizonica A.Gray
Salvia arizonica A.Gray is a perennial herb that grows up to 2 feet tall and produces dark blue indigo flowers from July to September.
Salvia uliginosa Benth.
Salvia uliginosa Benth.
Salvia uliginosa Benth. is an herbaceous perennial azure-blue flowered plant popular in horticulture that has won the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Salvia reptans Jacq.
Salvia reptans Jacq.
Salvia reptans Jacq. is a herbaceous perennial sage native to parts of the US, Mexico, Guatemala, grown in horticulture.
Salvia oppositiflora Ruiz & Pav.
Salvia oppositiflora Ruiz & Pav.
Salvia oppositiflora is a perennial flowering Lamiaceae plant native to high elevations in Peru.
Salvia wagneriana Pol.
Salvia wagneriana Pol.
Salvia wagneriana is a variable-sized flowering plant popular with gardeners near its native range, classified as either herb or shrub.
Salvia involucrata Cav.
Salvia involucrata Cav.
Salvia involucrata Cav. is an ornamental flowering sage with traditional medicinal uses and several popular garden cultivars.
Salvia holwayi S.F.Blake
Salvia holwayi S.F.Blake
Salvia holwayi is a showy herbaceous perennial sage native to Guatemala and Chiapas, Mexico, with bright cardinal-red flowers.
Salvia karwinskii Benth.
Salvia karwinskii Benth.
Salvia karwinskii, Karwinski's sage, is a native Central American perennial shrub, grown as an ornamental in California.
Salvia melissodora Lag.
Salvia melissodora Lag.
Salvia melissodora Lag. is a fragrant woody shrub with bicolored lavender flowers that attracts pollinators from late spring to frost.
Salvia eremostachya Jeps.
Salvia eremostachya Jeps.
Salvia eremostachya, commonly called rose sage, is a perennial shrub native to the western edge of the Colorado Desert.
Salvia mohavensis Greene
Salvia mohavensis Greene
Salvia mohavensis, or Mojave sage, is an endemic Mojave Desert evergreen shrub that blooms April to June.
Salvia funerea M.E.Jones
Salvia funerea M.E.Jones
Salvia funerea is a spiny desert shrub native to the Death Valley region of California and Nevada, unsuitable for cultivation.
Salvia greatae Brandegee
Salvia greatae Brandegee
Salvia greatae is an aromatic low shrub endemic to suitable California Sonoran Desert habitats, with spiny leaves and pinkish purple flowers.
Salvia L.
Salvia L.
Salvia lyrata is a lyre-leaved sage grown in gardens that can also act as a bee-friendly turf grass alternative, with a history of medicinal use.
Lepechinia cardiophylla Epling
Lepechinia cardiophylla Epling
Lepechinia cardiophylla is an aromatic shrub native to Southern California and Baja California, growing primarily in chaparral and woodland.
Lepechinia fragrans (Greene) Epling
Lepechinia fragrans (Greene) Epling
Lepechinia fragrans is a fragrant California endemic shrub grown as an easy, short-lived garden ornamental.
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