Salvia apiana Jepson

White Sage
Lamiaceae

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Protologue: Muhlenbergia 3: 144 (1908)
Pronunciation: Sál-vi-a a-pi-à-na
Etymology: L. salvus, safe, sound + "of bees"

Jepson eFlora Treatment

SD County Synoptic Voucher1
SD County Synoptic Voucher2


Distribution:
 
Left: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.  

 
Salvia apiana
Occasional shrub in our coastal sage scrub or chaparral. Inflorescences are tall thyrses.
Leaves are opposite, grey-white canescent, very pungent.



Salvia apiana
Flowers are zygomorphic, with enantiostyly (style shifted to either the left or right), which may promote outcrossing.

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