Salvia amissa explained

Salvia amissa, the Santa Catalina Mountain sage, Galiuro sage, or Aravaipa sage, is a herbaceous perennial plant that is endemic to Arizona, growing in the Galiuro Mountains and the Superstition Mountains. The type specimen is from the Santa Catalina Mountains, though plants have not been recorded there in recent years. S. amissa grows at 455to elevation in gravel, sand, and silt in canyon bottoms shaded by ash, walnut, sycamore, and mesquite.[1] [2]

Salvia amissa grows up to 1m (03feet) tall with simple, opposite, deltoid-ovate leaves. The pale lavender to purple flowers are 6to, growing in whorls, blooming July–October.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Salvia amissa. Arizona Native Plant Society. 9 September 2012.
  2. Web site: Salvia amissa Plant Abstract. Arizona Game and Fish Department. 9 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110225140536/http://www.azgfd.com/w_c/edits/documents/Salvamis.fo_000.pdf. 25 February 2011.