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Salvia occidentalis
Also called Rabbit Meat, Hap Seed, Pegapega
West Indian sage is a small annual herb of damp, bushy ground that grows from sea level into the hills. It is a wild plant of the Caribbean and tropical Americas that needs moisture and warmth to thrive.
Salvia occidentalis, the West Indian sage, is a small annual herb native to the Caribbean, Mexico, and South America
The herb typically growing in damp bushy areas between 50 and 1,300 m (160 and 4,270 ft) elevation. It bears 4 millimetres (0.16 in) long pale pink flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia occidentalis 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.
