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Orocopia Sage (Salvia greatae)

  • Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Lamiaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 135830
  • Lifeform: Subshrub, Shrub
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Orocopia Sage (Salvia greatae) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Orocopia Sage can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Orocopia Sage (Salvia greatae)?

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, California Botanic Garden holds 6 accessions of Salvia greatae in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 6760 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, California Botanic Garden has collected 6 seed accessions of Salvia greatae from 2 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass 32 maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Salvia greatae
Authority Brandeg.
Family Lamiaceae
CPC Number 3804
ITIS 32716
USDA SAGR3
Duration Perennial
Common Names lavender sage
Associated Scientific Names Salvia greatae | Salvia greatai
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
California S2S3
Ecological Relationships

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Pollinators
Common Name Name in Text Association Type Source InteractionID
Bees
Anthophorine bees Anthophora Not Specified Link

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