Salvia spathacea (Hummingbird Sage)

4/30/05 Past first cattle guard, Figueroa Mountain Road, Santa Lucia Ranger District,

Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County, CA

 4/30/05 Figueroa Mountain Rd.

4/30/05 Figueroa Mountain Rd.

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Hummingbird Sage

SPECIES: Salvia spathacea

FAMILY: Lamiaceae (Mint Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/30/2005

LOCATION: Past first cattle guard, Figueroa Mountain Road, Santa Lucia Ranger District, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Barbara County, CA

*******************************************************************************

Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Perennial, mat-like, rhizomed; hairs wavy

Leaf 8–20 cm, oblong-hastate, puckered; upper surface sparsely long-hairy; lower surface tomentose; teeth rounded

Inflorescence: clusters < 6 cm wide; bracts 1.5–4 cm, green to purple

Flower: calyx 1.5–3 cm, upper lip generally entire; corolla tube 25–35 mm, red to salmon, upper lip 7–8 mm, shallowly 2-lobed, straight, lower lip 10–12 mm; stamens and style exerted

Fruit: nutlet, 3.5–6.5 mm, brown

Ecology: Common. Oak woodland, chaparral, coastal-sage scrub, open or shady slopes

Elevation: 0–800 m.  

Bioregional distribution: s Sacramento Valley (Solano Co.), Central Western California, South Coast, Transverse Ranges 

Horticultural information: 5; IRR: 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24 &SHD: 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21; GRCVR: mow yearly.