Pronunciation: SAL-vee-a er-em-oh-STAY-kee-a
Common name: Desert sage
Family: Lamiaceae (Mint)
Habitat: Dry rocky and gravelly places to 4500',
creosote bush scrub, west edge of Colorado
Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Salvia
2) eremostachya