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Salvia evansiana, the Snow Mountain sage, is a hardy alpine perennial from the mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan in China, grown for its blue-purple or white spikes of flowers. It needs cool conditions and good drainage to thrive.
Salvia evansiana (the Snow Mountain sage) is a perennial plant that is native to Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in China, found growing on alpine meadows, hillsides, and forests at elevations from 3,400 to 4,300 m (11,200 to 14,100 ft). It has erect stems growing 13 to 45 cm (5.1 to 17.7 in) tall, with ovate to triangular-ovate leaves that are 2 to 11 cm (0.79 to 4.33 in) long and 1 to 11 cm (0.39 to 4.33 in) wide.
Inflorescences are racemes or panicles that are 10 to 20 cm (3.9 to 7.9 in) long, with a straight corolla that is 2.6 to 3.5 cm (1.0 to 1.4 in) long.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia evansiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
