Mazhar Botanic Garden

Salvia microphylla Kunth

Baby Sage

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000745
Common name: Baby Sage
English name: Baby Sage
Arabic name: سالفيا ميكروفيللا
Native: Southeastern Arizona, Mexico
Country: Arizona Mexico
(PGR): Cultivated plant

An evergreen subshrub up to 1 m tall, with bright pink/rose bilabiated flowers and small ovate leaves with strong mint-like fragrance 

Medicinal plant, used in cuisines and for making tea.

S grahamii Benth

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Texture: Adaptable Dry Moist
Fertility: Intermediate
Drainage: Moderately well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics
Lights: Light shade
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Summer
Zone: 9 : 10
pH range: 5.5-6.5

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