Accession Data

Leucophyllum frutescens

Common Name: Purple Sage

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Country of Origin: Texas, USA into northern Mexico

Description: A gray shrub with leaves densely covered with stellate, silvery hairs and bright pink-lavender, bilaterally symmetrical flowers borne singly in crowded leaf axils. Typically a compact shrub, 2-5 ft. tall, Texas barometer-bush or cenizo occasionally reaches 8 ft. in height, and 4-6 ft. in width. Leaves silvery gray to greenish, soft to the touch, up to 1 1/4 inches long but mostly 1 inch or less, tapering more gradually to the base than to the rounded tip, margins smooth. Flowers violet to purple, sometimes pink, nearly bell shaped, and up to 1 inch in length and width, appearing intermittently from spring to fall. Fruit a small capsule.3

Accession Data

Accession #: 198501464

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2211

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Lamiales

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Tribe: Leucophylleae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 07, 2017.
  2. Leucophyllum frutescens at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 07, 2017.
  3. Leucophyllum frutescens at LB Johnson Wildflower Center. Last accessed on Tuesday, November 07, 2017.

Images

Leucophyllum frutescens
Leucophyllum frutescens