Salvia eremostachya

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Salvia eremostachya, the rose sage,{{PLANTS|id=SAER2|taxon=Salvia eremostachya|access-date=28 October 2015}} sand sage, or Californian desert sage, is a perennial shrub native to the western edge of the Colorado Desert. It reaches {{convert|2|to|3|ft|m|abbr=on}} high, with purplish green bracts on {{convert|.75|in|cm|abbr=on}} flowers that range from blue to rose to nearly white. The flowers grow in whorled clusters, blooming from April to November.{{cite book|last=McMinn|first=Howard|title=An illustrated manual of California shrubs|publisher=University of California Press|year=1951|page=[https://archive.org/details/illustratedmanua00howa/page/473 473]|isbn=978-0-520-00847-2|url=https://archive.org/details/illustratedmanua00howa|url-access=registration}}

The specific epithet, "eremostachya" (Greek for "desert stachys"), refers to the plants likeness to those of the genus Stachys.{{cite book|last=Jaeger|first=Edmund C.|authorlink= Edmund Jaeger |title=Desert Wild Flowers|publisher=Stanford University Press|year=1940|isbn=978-0-8047-0365-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5xxCG3OfLO8C&pg=PA222}}