San Luis purple sage
Salvia leucophylla Greene
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 1.2 m
- wide
- 1.2 m
Lamiaceae
Formerly Audibertia nivea, Audibertiella nivea, Ramona nivea
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. California to Mexico (Baja California)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from RHS, Flowers by the Sea and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by all 3 sources
- Height
- 99 cm to 1.5 mRead from RHS, Flowers by the Sea and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by 2 of 3 sources. Sources differ: RHS 1–1.5 m; Flowers by the Sea 3–4 ft; Wikipedia 1–1.5 m
- Spread
- 99 cm to 1.5 mRead from RHS, Flowers by the Sea and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by 2 of 3 sources. Sources differ: RHS 1–1.5 m; Flowers by the Sea 3–4 ft; Wikipedia 1–1.5 m
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Flowers by the Sea, one source
- Flowers
- Pink, purpleRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from RHS and Flowers by the Sea, checked: the middle of what its sources sayHalfway between its 2 sources, which differ. Sources differ: RHS -15 °C; Flowers by the Sea -9.4 °C
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Flowers by the Sea, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Salvia leucophylla (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.