Lamiaceae
Baby sage
Salvia microphylla
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (6)
- Catalan
- Sàlvia de fulla petita
- Chinese
- 凹脉鼠尾草, 红花小叶鼠尾草
- English
- Baby sage, Lemmon's sage
- German
- Johannisbeer-Salbei, Myrten-Salbei
- Persian
- سالویا میکروفیلا
- Spanish
- Diente de acamaya, Hierba de mirto, Mirto de las montanas, Mirto de las montañas, Mirto de montes
Synonyms
- Lasemia coccinea Raf.
- Lesemia coccinea Raf.
- Salvia gasterantha Briq.
- Salvia grahamii Benth.
- Salvia lemmonii A.Gray
- Salvia microphylla var. canescens A.Gray
- Salvia microphylla var. neurepia (Fernald) Epling
- Salvia microphylla var. wislizeni A.Gray
- Salvia neurepia Fernald
- Salvia obtusa M.Martens & Galeotti
- Salvia odoratissima Sessé & Moc.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: carmen Martinez Alaminos, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: conapa técnico, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: danielmzhz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alexandra Abrunhosa, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Tena Risquez José Félix, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: M108t, 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.