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Salvia microstegia
Salvia microstegia is a herbaceous perennial sage in the mint family, native to the mountains of the Eastern Mediterranean (Mount Hermon and the Anti-Lebanon range). It produces white or pale violet flowers from June to September and is grown mainly as a hardy garden or rock-garden sage in well-drained soil.
Salvia microstegia is a herbaceous perennial plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to Israel, growing on Mount Hermon. The plant has white or pale violet flowers, blooming from June to September.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia microstegia 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.
