Salvia ballotiflora
(Shrubby Blue Sage)
Salvia ballotiflora, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8471
Salvia ballotiflora, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8460
Salvia ballotiflora, Lake Corpus Christi State Park, San Patricio Co. 5620
Salvia ballotiflora, Lake Corpus Christi State Park, San Patricio Co. 5616
Salvia ballotiflora, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8472
Salvia ballotiflora, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8464
Salvia ballotiflora, Choke Canyon State Park, McMullen Co. 8511
| Scientific Name | Salvia ballotiflora | USDA PLANTS Symbol | SABA5 |
| Common Name | Shrubby Blue Sage | ITIS Taxonomic Serial No. | 32700 |
| Family | Lamiaceae (Mint) | SEINet Reference |
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| Description | Habitat: Rocky, sandy or gravelly soils on brushy hillsides, thickets and scrublands. Plant: Intricately-branched shrub 4 to 6 ft. tall and 2 to 3 ft. wide; thin, fine branches with grayish, flakey bark; deciduous. Leaves: Broadly ovate-deltoid to oblong-elliptic, 3/8 to 1-5/8 inches long; edges are crenate to coarsely dentate; rough to the touch; pungent, rank smell from glands on lower leaf surface. Inflorescence: Many short, dense racemes of one to three flowers from upper leaf axils; flowers are less than 1/2-inch long, with light-blue to deep blue or purple two-lipped corollas, Bloom Period: January to October. Reference: "Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas" by Correll and Johnston and "Trees and Shrubs for the Southwest" by Mary Irish. |
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Texas Status: Native |
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