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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Mints, Plantains, Olives, and Allies
  6. Mint Family
  7. Sages
  8. Salvia Subgen. Calosphace
  9. Baby Sage

species 15,546 observations

Baby Sage

Salvia microphylla

Status
presumed introduced
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

8 native animals
supported in the US
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors American Bumble Bee, Tripartite Sweat Bee, Prickly Ceratina, Black-chinned Hummingbird 8

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Shrubs
Light
Full sun
Moisture
Dry Well drained
Soil
Sand Loam Organic
Soil pH
Neutral
Drought tolerant
Yes
Deer resistant
Yes
Resists
Dry soil Heat Humidity Salt
Habit
Arching Dense Mounding Spreading
Plant type
Perennial Shrub

From NC State Extension and USDA PLANTS.

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