Salvia dorrii purple sage

Lamiaceaea Mint Family

Family ID traits:

• Square stems
• Opposite leaves
• Usually aromatic
• Irregular flower (dissimilar petals)
• Seeds- 4 nutlets in capsule
• Bilateral symmetry
• Small shrub, extensively branched

Habitat: along stable talus slopes or on rock outcrops or on rocky plains in shrub-steppe. Perennial, spring bloomer.