Salvia dorrii(Kellogg) Abrams

purple sage

WFO wfo-0000300893 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salvia dorrii, photographed by Kieran Hanrahan
fig. a Kieran Hanrahan, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-13 / obs. 205917774
Salvia dorrii, photographed by James H. Thomas
fig. b James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202208265
Salvia dorrii, photographed by James H. Thomas
fig. c James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202035377
Salvia dorrii, photographed by James H. Thomas
fig. d James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202040211
Salvia dorrii, photographed by Annika Lindqvist
fig. e Annika Lindqvist, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202807517
Salvia dorrii, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. f Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 199221118
Salvia dorrii, photographed by Nolan Exe
fig. g Nolan Exe, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201423682
Salvia dorrii, photographed by Kimball Garrett
fig. h Kimball Garrett, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192333872

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Native range 7 botanical countries

Regions where Salvia dorrii is native: Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington ArizonaCaliforniaIdahoNevadaOregonUtahWashington
Native distribution of Salvia dorrii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
California CAL
Idaho IDA
Nevada NEV
Oregon ORE
Utah UTA
Washington WAS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 27 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Audibertia dorrii Kellogg
  • Audibertia incana Benth.
  • Audibertia incana var. pilosa A.Gray
  • Audibertia mearnsii Britton
  • Audibertiella argentea Rydb.
  • Audibertiella dorrii (Kellogg) Briq.
  • Audibertiella incana (Benth.) Briq.
  • Ramona dorrii (Kellogg) Briq.
  • Ramona incana (Benth.) Briq.
  • Ramona pilosa (A.Gray) Abrams
  • Salvia carnosa Douglas ex Greene
  • Salvia carnosa subsp. argentea (Rydb.) Epling
  • Salvia carnosa subsp. gilmanii Epling
  • Salvia carnosa subsp. mearnsii (Britton) Epling
  • Salvia carnosa subsp. pilosa (A.Gray) Epling
  • Salvia carnosa subsp. typica Epling
  • Salvia carnosa var. argentea (Rydb.) McMinn
  • Salvia carnosa var. gilmanii (Epling) McMinn
  • Salvia carnosa var. gracilior M.Peck
  • Salvia carnosa var. pilosa (A.Gray) H.M.Hall
  • Salvia carnosa var. typica Munz
  • Salvia dorrii subsp. argentea (Rydb.) Abrams
  • Salvia dorrii subsp. gilmanii (Epling) Abrams
  • Salvia dorrii var. argentea (Rydb.) L.D.Benson

and 3 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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