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Mealy Blue Sage

Salvia farinacea

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 790, February 756, March 859, April 4,356, May 1,520, June 543, July 436, August 450, September 713, October 803, November 741, December 719.
United States21,836
Texas18,980
New Mexico66
Oklahoma33
Ohio28
New York14
Connecticut13
Louisiana13
Mexico12
Massachusetts10

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous 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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