Salvia dorrii var. incana Calflora

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Taxon Report

Salvia dorrii (Kellogg) Abrams var. incana (Benth.) Strachan

Desert sage, Fleshy sage, Great basin sage

Salvia dorrii var. incana is a shrub that is native to California, and also found in Idaho; Oregon and Washington.

also called Salvia dorrii var. carnosa

California Rare Plant Rank: 3 (review list).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~11 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

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Parent:	Salvia dorrii
Genus:	Salvia
Family:	Lamiaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub, Northern Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Salvia dorrii ssp. carnosa
JEF + CNPS	Salvia dorrii var. carnosa

Information about Salvia dorrii var. incana from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 04/02/2025).