Salvia mellifera (Benth.) E. Greene

Common name: Black sage

Family: Lamiaceae (the mint family)

Native

common component of coastal sage scrub


Click on links below to see:

Close-up of inflorescence

External links:

Images, distribution and species description from the Berkeley Digital Library & the Jepson Manual

Species information from the USDA Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System

Information from the CalFlora database