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shrubby blue sage

Salvia ballotiflora

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 101, February 96, March 109, April 283, May 142, June 62, July 56, August 57, September 68, October 97, November 121, December 92.
United States1,149
Texas1,143
Mexico356
Nuevo Leon222
Coahuila de Zaragoza43
San Luis Potosi36
Tamaulipas15
Durango10
Chihuahua9
Zacatecas9

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Traits

Group and habits

  • Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderMints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies · Lamiales
FamilyMint Family · Lamiaceae
GenusSages · Salvia

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