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Munz's Sage (Salvia munzii)

  • Global Rank: G3 - Vulnerable
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 153074
  • Lifeform: Subshrub, Shrub
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Munz's Sage (Salvia munzii) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Munz's Sage can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Munz's Sage (Salvia munzii)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, San Diego Zoo Global holds 1 accessions of Salvia munzii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 21143 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 4 accessions of Salvia munzii in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 628 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, San Diego Zoo Global has collected 1 seed accessions of Salvia munzii from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 97 maternal plants

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Salvia munzii from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Salvia munzii
Authority Epling
Family Lamiaceae
CPC Number 11222
ITIS 32726
USDA SAMU
Duration Perennial
Common Names Munz's sage
Associated Scientific Names Salvia munzii | Salvia mellifera ssp. jonesii
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S2
Ecological Relationships

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