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Dolomite Sage

Salvia dolomitica

Also called South African Sage

Dolomite Sage
Photo: Stickpen, Public domain
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Native range
Northern Prov.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Salvia dolomitica (the dolomite sage or Pilgrim's Rest pink sage) is a perennial shrub native to the Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces of South Africa, typically growing at 900–1500 m elevation. Profusely covered with grey leaves, it grows to 2 m in height and width in the wild, with pale lilac flowers.

Other Salvia plants

Turkish Black Sage · Wuyi Mountain Sage · Salvia adoxoides · Egyptian Sage · Orange Sage · Mediterranean sage · African Blue Sage · Salvia alatipetiolata · Cederberg Sage · Handsome Sage · Algerian Sage · Salvia amethystina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia dolomitica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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