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Desert Sage
Salvia eremostachya
  
1 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Desert Sage (Salvia eremostachya) 1 Nurseries Carry This Plant Salvia eremostachya, the rose sage, sand sage, or desert sage, is a perennial shrub native to the western edge of the Colorado Desert. It reaches 2 to 3 ft (0. 61 to 0. 91 m) high, with purplish green bracts on . 75 in (1. 9 cm) flowers that range from blue to rose to nearly white. The flowers grow in whorled clusters, blooming from April to November. The specific epithet, "eremostachya" (Greek for "desert stachys"), refers to the plants likeness to those of the genus Stachys.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Shrub

Size
Size
2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Blue, White, Green, Purple

Wildlife Supported
 


 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 8 likely * ) SHOW ALL
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Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata
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Autographa californica Image
Alfalfa Looper Moth Autographa californicaAutographa californica
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Megalographa biloba Image
Bilobed Looper Moth Megalographa bilobaMegalographa biloba
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Synchlora aerata Image
Wavy-Lined Emerald Synchlora aerataSynchlora aerata
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Spoladea recurvalis Image
Hawaiian Beet Webworm Spoladea recurvalisSpoladea recurvalis
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Pherne subpunctata Image
Pherne subpunctataPherne subpunctata
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Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla Image
Anstenoptilia marmarodactylaAnstenoptilia marmarodactyla

Landscaping Information
Nurseries
Nurseries
Carried by 1

Common uses
Common uses
Hummingbird Gardens, Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens

Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.1" - 18.1", Summer Precipitation: 0.37" - 1.90", Coldest Month: 43.0" - 57.9", Hottest Month: 71.0" - 89.2", Humidity: 2.32" - 39.61", Elevation: -122" - 4535"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Rose Sage


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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