Salvia occidentalisSw.

West Indian sage

WFO wfo-0000301748 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Salvia occidentalis, photographed by Ben Machado
fig. a Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-11 / obs. 175722921
Salvia occidentalis, photographed by Pete Grannis
fig. b Pete Grannis, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117429811
Salvia occidentalis, photographed by Douglas Goldman
fig. c Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 50005284
Salvia occidentalis, photographed by Ben Machado
fig. d Ben Machado, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 33338663
Salvia occidentalis, photographed by Alex Abair
fig. e Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 196028757
Salvia occidentalis, photographed by David Garza
fig. f David Garza, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192334179
Salvia occidentalis, photographed by Laurie Brooks
fig. g Laurie Brooks, CC0 1.0 / obs. 185640000
Salvia occidentalis, photographed by Eridan Xharahi
fig. h Eridan Xharahi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 74604723

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Native range 31 botanical countries

Regions where Salvia occidentalis is native: Florida, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. FloridaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestBelizeBoliviaColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorGuatemalaHaitiHondurasJamaicaNicaraguaPanamáPeruPuerto RicoTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela BahamasCayman Is.GalápagosLeeward Is.Venezuelan AntillesWindward Is.
Native distribution of Salvia occidentalis, 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. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Cayman Is. CAY
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
Galápagos GAL
Guatemala GUA
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Windward Is. WIN
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 13 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.

  • Horminum occidentale (Sw.) M.Gómez
  • Hyptis glandulosa Sieber ex Benth.
  • Salvia lateriflora Fernald
  • Salvia martinicensis Sessé & Moc.
  • Salvia occidentalis f. bicolor Kuntze
  • Salvia occidentalis f. violacea Kuntze
  • Salvia occidentalis var. garberi Chapm.
  • Salvia privoides var. garberi (Chapm.) Chapm.
  • Salvia procumbens Ruiz & Pav.
  • Salvia pseudoprivoides Epling
  • Salvia radicans Poir.
  • Salvia setosa Fernald
  • Salvia viscosa Sessé & Moc.

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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