University of California, Riverside Plant Herbarium (UCR)
UCR0070473
UCR-BPS-123639
UCR-123639
Salvia columbariae Benth.
Lamiaceae
Steven R. Hill
33354
2001-04-22
2001-4-22
K. Kramer
United States, California, Los Angeles, S side of Antelope Valley, Johnson Road, 6.2 mi NNE of junction with Elizabeth Lake Road, 3 mi south of junction of Avenue I and 110th Street West
34.65806 -118.33333
939 meters (3080ft)
Foothills. S-facing slope, sandy gravel (decomposed granite) with feldspar chunks. Annual desert grassland with grazing history, with Avena, Bromus, Gilia capitata, Lupinus bicolor, Chaenactis, Salvia columbariae, etc.
Flowering
Local herb with pleasant sweet sage aroma; petioles tinted maroon, rugose.