Purple sage explained

Purple sage has various uses, mostly referring to plants or to Zane Grey's novel Riders of the Purple Sage, set in Utah. There is disagreement about what plant Grey had in mind.

Plants

"The sage about him was breast-high to his horse, oversweet with its warm, fragrant breath, gray where it waved to the light, darker where the wind left it still, and beyond the wonderful haze-purple lent by distance."[8]

Other uses

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Howard . Lynna . What is Great Rift? . 2000–2007 . 2008-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907061435/http://myweb.cableone.net/prueheart/greatriftwhat.htm . 2008-09-07 . dead .
  2. Book: Van Buren, Renee . Cooper, Janet G. . Shultz, Leila M. . Harper, Kimball T. . Woody Plants of Utah: A Field Guide with Identification Keys to Native and Naturalized Trees, Shrubs, Cacti, and Vines . University Press of Colorado . 2012 . 333 . 9780874218251 . 2019-09-26.
  3. Web site: Light, Kris H. . Purple Sage; Wild Rosemary Mint . Wildflowers . 2005 . 2019-09-26.
  4. Web site: Leucophyllum frutescens - Greenbeampro . 26 January 1998 . Branch-Smith Publishing . 2008-08-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080613172932/http://www.greenbeampro.com/content/view/1411/205/ . 2008-06-13.
  5. Web site: PLANTS Profile for Leucophyllum frutescens (Texas barometer bush) . USDA PLANTS Database . 2008 . USDA. NRCS . 2008-08-11.
  6. Book: Elmore, Francis H. . Trees and Shrubs of the Southwest Uplands . Western National Parks Association . 1976 . 0-911408-41-X . 71. Elmore specifically mentions Artemisia tridentata as a possibility for Grey's plant.
  7. Book: Glattstein, Judy . 2003 . Consider the Leaf: Foliage in Garden Design . Timber Press . 0-88192-571-3 . registration . Zane Grey purple sage sagebrush. . 2008-08-11 . 111.
  8. Book: Grey, Zane . 1912 . Riders of the Purple Sage . Grosset & Dunlap . Riders of the Purple Sage. . 2008-08-11 . 42.
  9. Web site: Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting..