Lamiaceae
Tropical sage
Salvia misella
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Salvia
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Common names
By language (3)
- arz
- سالفيا ميسيلا
- Assamese
- চেল্ভিয়া মিচেলা
- English
- Tropical sage
Synonyms
- Salvia obscura Benth.
- Salvia occidentalis var. obscura (Benth.) M.Gómez
- Salvia privoides Benth.
- Salvia riparia Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native
Photos

Photo: iNaturalist user: mefisher, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carol VanHook, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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.