Desert Sage
Salvia dorrii
A compact, silvery desert sage that mounds itself in spikes of violet-blue flowers wrapped in purple bracts. Intensely aromatic and built for the driest, rockiest Great Basin slopes.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2.5–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA
Related native plants
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- Lyre-leaf Sage (Salvia lyrata)
- Black Sage (Salvia mellifera)
- Chia (Salvia columbariae)
- White Sage (Salvia apiana)
- Mealycup Sage (Salvia farinacea)
- Scarlet Sage (Salvia coccinea)