Lamiaceae

Blue sage

Salvia pachyphylla Epling ex Munz

Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia

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Blue sage: Found in southern California and northern Baja. Also known as the Mountain Desert Sage. Denver Botancial Gardens. — Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English: Blue sage

Synonyms

Audibertia incana var. pachystachya A.Gray
Audibertia pachystachya (A.Gray) Parish
Ramona pachystachya (A.Gray) A.Heller
Salvia carnosa var. compacta H.M.Hall
Salvia compacta Munz

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, 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.