Lamiaceae
Black sage
Salvia mellifera
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- مريمية أسود
- Chinese
- 蜜腺鼠尾草
- Czech
- Šalvěj černá
- English
- Black sage
- German
- Kalifornischer Salbei
Synonyms
- Audibertia spinulosa Nutt. ex Benth.
- Audibertia stachyoides Benth.
- Audibertiella stachyoides (Benth.) Briq.
- Ramona stachyoides (Benth.) Briq.
- Salvia mellifera subsp. jonesii (Munz) Abrams
- Salvia mellifera subsp. revoluta (Munz) Abrams
- Salvia mellifera var. jonesii Munz
- Salvia mellifera var. revoluta Munz
- Salvia mellifera var. typica Munz
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Curtis Clark assumed, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Copyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Szil Gre, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif., CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: yagsnart, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jerry Kirkhart from Los Osos, Calif., CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: catonice2, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Hanxiouchao, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: bee tee, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, 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.