Salvia clevelandii

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Salvia clevelandii

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: S. clevelandii
Binomial name
Salvia clevelandii
(Gray) Greene

Salvia clevelandii is a species of sage native to the coast of southern California and northern Baja California. Its common names include fragrant sage and Cleveland sage. This is a small, hairy, dull-green shrub native to the chaparral and coastal sage scrub plant communities of the region. It has wrinkly leather-textured leaves with tiny ridged teeth along the edges and it bears plentiful rounded inflorescences of tubular lavender to dark purple flowers with long stamens. The fruit is a spotted nutlet.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: