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Salvia semiatrata
Also called Riviera Sage
Pine Mountain Sage (Salvia semiatrata) is a perennial shrub from the mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico, where it grows at the edges of pine forests and on dry, exposed slopes. It needs good drainage and a sunny, sheltered spot, and it is best suited to warm, frost-free gardens.
Salvia semiatrata is a species of perennial plant native to the Sierra Madre del Sur in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, growing at elevations of 6,500 ft (2,000 m) or higher. It prefers the edges of pine forests, and is also found on limestone cliffs and banks and in cactus scrub habitats that are dry and exposed.
Salvia semiatrata reaches 6 ft (1.8 m) high and 3 ft (0.91 m) wide in the wild and in ideal garden conditions. The 1 in (2.5 cm) deltoid leaves are a bright grassy green-yellow color, growing in small clusters even though they are opposite. The leaf surface is rugose, with the underside covered with short light cream-colored hairs that bring out the veining. The 6 in (15 cm) inflorescences have whorls of one to three flowers in each verticil.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Salvia semiatrata 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.
