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.