Salvia dorrii
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Salvia dorrii,[1][2] the purple sage,[1] Dorr's sage, fleshy sage, mint sage, or tobacco sage, is a perennial spreading shrub in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to mountain areas in the western United States and northwestern Arizona, found mainly in the Great Basin and southward to the Mojave Desert, growing in dry, well draining soils.[3]
Description
Salvia dorrii is a woody subshrub reaching Script error: No such module "convert". in height and width. The grey-green leaves are narrow and lanceolate, are tapered at the base and rounded at the tip generally without teeth or lobes. They are generally basal, and Script error: No such module "convert". long. They have an intense but pleasant, mildly intoxicating minty aroma, with the scent released when the foliage is handled or crushed. The inflorescence is made up of spike-like clusters of numerous purple flowers that are bilaterally symmetric. Each cluster is Script error: No such module "convert". across. Bracts are generally round Script error: No such module "convert". long. Each calyx is usually Script error: No such module "convert".. The upper lip is most often round without teeth or lobes. The lower lip lobes are pointed without spines. The color is variable, blue to purple to rose. The corolla tube is Script error: No such module "convert". or so, often blue but sometimes purple to pink to white. The stamens and style protrude from the flower. The latter is forked at the tip. The flowers remain on the plants after being pollinated, with the desiccated flowers remaining for some weeks or months after flowering.[4][5][6][7]
This species features prominently in native American traditional medicine practices.[1]
Ecology
It is a larval host plant to the elegant sphinx moth.[8]
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Salvia dorii var. pilosa in Antelope Valley, about Script error: No such module "convert".
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Salvia dorii in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
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Salvia dorii in dry mountain habitat, about Script error: No such module "convert".
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Salvia dorii var. clokeyi, about Script error: No such module "convert".
Chemistry
Some chemical components found in Salvia dorrii include salvidorol and two epimeric abietane diterpenes.[9]
References
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- Salvia
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Arizona
- Flora of Colorado
- Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status