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§1 Plant

Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams

vernacular purple sage — species · Lamiaceae

USDA: SADO4
GBIF: 2927059
Rank: species

purple sage (Salvia dorrii) — Platephotograph · Brent MillerCC BY-NC-ND source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Growth habit: Shrub, Subshrub
Duration: Perennial
Group: Dicot
Family: Lamiaceae Martinov
Genus: Salvia

§2a

Native status, by region

L48 Lower 48 States Native

§2b

County-level range

· 68 counties across 7 states/territories

Legend Native · 68 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought: Medium
Shade: High
Moisture use: Medium
Fire: High
Salinity: Low
Anaerobic: None
CaCO₃: None
Hedging: Low

§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance: -23 °F minimum
Frost-free days: 210 min.
Precipitation: 8–14 in/yr
pH range: 6.5–8
Root depth: 14 in min.
Fertility need: Medium
Soil texture: coarse, medium

§3c

Form & growth

Growth form: Multiple Stem
Growth rate: Moderate
Lifespan: Short
Mature height: 2.5 ft
Height @ 20 y: 2 ft
Foliage texture: Medium
Foliage colour: Green
Porosity (summer): Porous
Porosity (winter): Porous
Flower colour: Blue
Fruit colour: White
Fire resistant: No
N fixation: None
Toxicity: None

§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period: Late Spring
Seed abundance: Medium
Seed begins: Spring
Seed ends: Summer
Spread rate: Moderate
Stratify: No
Seeds / lb: 310,000
Propagation: seed, cuttings, bare root, container

§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability: Contracting Only
Nursery stock: No
Browse palatability: Medium
Graze palatability: Low
Palatable, human: No
Protein potential: Low
Lumber: No
Christmas tree: No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 68 counties across 7 states/territories.

Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾

California view state ↗ 13 N ▾

Idaho view state ↗ 3 N ▾

Nevada view state ↗ 17 N ▾

Oregon view state ↗ 11 N ▾

Utah view state ↗ 8 N ▾

Washington view state ↗ 13 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SADO4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2927059 ↗

Record version

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