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Big sagebrush is a coarse, many-branched, pale-grey shrub with yellow flowers and silvery-grey foliage, which is generally 0.5–3 metres (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –10 feet) tall. [3] A deep taproot 1–4 m (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 –13 ft) in length, coupled with laterally spreading roots near the surface, allows sagebrush to gather water from both surface precipitation and the water table several meters beneath.
Salvia eremostachya, the rose sage, [1] sand sage, or Californian desert sage, is a perennial shrub native to the western edge of the Colorado Desert.It reaches 2 to 3 ft (0.61 to 0.91 m) high, with purplish green bracts on .75 in (1.9 cm) flowers that range from blue to rose to nearly white.
Salvia pachyphylla (the rose sage, blue sage, or mountain desert sage) is a perennial shrub native to California, Nevada, and Arizona.In California, it grows between 5,000 to 10,000 ft (1,500 to 3,000 m) elevation on dry rocky slopes, blooming from July to September.
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Salvia apiana, the Californian white sage, bee sage, or sacred sage is an evergreen perennial shrub that is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, found mainly in the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern California and Baja California, on the western edges of the Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
Salvia officinalis, the common sage or sage, is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers. It is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae and native to the Mediterranean region , though it has been naturalized in many places throughout the world.
May 21—Desert Sage Academy Principal Joshua Rhine doled out a few pieces of wisdom Tuesday afternoon. Move your tassel from right to left, he told the students sprawled across the bleachers of ...
The sand desert shrub (SDS) is a plant community, or vegetation type, found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region in areas of shifting sands or very sandy soils. [ 1 ] : 3 Dominant plant species include old man sage ( Artemisia filifolia ), yucca , Indian ricegrass ( Stipa hymenoides ), and wavy leaf oak ( Quercus welshii ).