• Plant: Purple Sage (Salvia leucophylla)
  • Uploaded by HamiltonSquare
  • Info: Stem, scape, stalk or bark / 2018-01-29 / Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA. / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: This close look at the stems and leaves shows that they are pubescent (fuzzy) giving it a silvery look that really sets of the purple flower.
Photo of Purple Sage (Salvia leucophylla) uploaded by HamiltonSquare

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Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2012-06-02
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 11/17/14
Uploaded by HamiltonSquare

photo credit: C T Johansson
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-05-13
Zone 9b.

photo credit: Noah Elhardt
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2008-06-16
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 11/17/14
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2009-12-27
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2018-03-01
Location: Leo Carrillo State Park, California
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2014-01-14
Purple sage is drought deciduous.  It loses leaves under dry cond

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