Lamiaceae
Canyon sage
Salvia lycioides
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 峽谷鼠尾草
- English
- Canyon sage
Synonyms
- Salvia ramosissima Fernald
Flowers
- In flower
- July, September to October (from 56 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alix Kosmala, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Campbell-Martinez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nicola van Berkel https://www.inaturalist.org/people/nicky, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.