Salvia clevelandii
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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.
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