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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Salvia clevelandii
Phenology Observation Sheet for Broadleaf Evergreens

COMMON NAME

Cleveland sage

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Salvia clevelandii

ALSO KNOWN AS

Blue sage, fragrant sage, Jim sage

Plant family

Mint (Lamiaceae)

Plant group

Broadleaf Evergreens

Cleveland sage is a fragrant subshrub that can grow 3-4' tall and 4-6' wide.
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OBSERVERS
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OBSERVATIONS
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Identification hints

Cleveland sage is similar in appearance to the kitchen herb sage.
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A popular Southwestern landscape plant, Cleveland sage attracts bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. The leaves make a good substitute for kitchen sage in cooking.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
California
HABITAT
Native to Southern California and northern Baja California, it can be found growing below 3,000 feet in California coastal and chaparral habitat.
ATTRIBUTES
Leaves
Leaves are green, gray, bumpy and wrinkled. The leaves are oval shaped and typically less than 1" long.
Flowers
Blue-violet flowers are borne in dense clusters on 12" spikes. Individual flowers are tubular and two-lipped. The upper lip is with two lobes and the lower lip has three lobes, the middle of which is longer. Two stamens and the style beyond the lips of the flower.
Fruits
Salvia fruits are 4 nutlets (small hard seeds) that are can be found inside of the dried calyxes.
Bloom Time
Blooms April through August.

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