Purple Sage:  Lamiaceae (Mint)  Salvia  dorrii  - Sub-species: dorrii Plant Index  Photo Details & Description       Utah Range Map

Photo Details 1. flower, 2 plant  with leaf insert - April 2005 - Desert, Washington County, Utah - ©Nicky Davis Description Mat to shrub- forming plant 8 to 24 inches tall with opposite gray-green leaves that are entire and linear to spoon-shaped and taper to a petiole at the base. Leaves look wavy.  Plant has clusters of tiny  lavender flowers. The corolla's lower lip  is 3-lobed, upper lip 2-lobed, upper lobes smaller than lower lip. The stamen and styles protube past the corolla. Back to Top