Salvia mellifera Greene

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Plants of Riverside County, California, USA
LAMIACEAE
Salvia mellifera E. Greene
Palomar Range, Agua Tibia Wilderness Area, northeastern base of
Wildhorse Peak, west of Devil's Hole, along the Wildhorse Trail
near the rounded gabbro peak known as "Agua" on USGS Vail
Lake 7.5' quadrangle. T8S R1W center sec. 35. Elev. ca. 2500
feet.
Chaparral on slopes of Adenostoma fasciculatum, A. sparsifolium,
Ceanothus crassifolius, C. leucodermis, Arctostaphylos glandulosa,
Quercus berberidifolia, and Eriodictyon crassifolium recovering
from the 1989 fire.
Common rounded shrub with pale blue flowers.
Steve Boyd 8494
24 April 1995
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