Leucophyllum langmaniae is a shrub native of Mexico (Chihuahuan Desert), semi-evergreen, with gray-green leaves of velvety texture. Its shape is branched and compact, forming a rounded mass of up to high and wide. The flowers are lavender. They appear in the fall, and are even more abundant if drought or heat waves were important.[1]
Leucophyllum langmaniae is called Langman's sage or Rio Bravo sage. However, it is not a true sage and it has no systematics relationship to the genus Salvia.
The specific epithet langmaniae was given in honor of Ida Kaplan Langman.