Salvia brandegeei

Brandegee's sage

Family: Lamiaceae · Type: shrub · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Brandegee's sage is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native shrub found in the northern Channel Islands on Santa Rosa Island in coastal scrub habitats at elevations below 200 meters. Flowering from February to August, this plant produces pale blue to lavender flowers with a delicate corolla tube 7 to 8 millimeters long, set in compact clusters 1.5 to 2 centimeters wide. Growing over 1 meter tall with branched hairs and a distinctive growth form, the shrub displays an intricate structural complexity. Its linear to linear-elliptic leaves are 2 to 6 centimeters long, with margins rolled under, featuring small rounded teeth and a unique texture - glabrous on the upper surface and densely white-hairy underneath. The fruit is a small, rough, brown structure 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters long, completing the plant's distinctive botanical profile.

Habitat: Coastal scrub

Bloom period: Feb-Aug

Elevation: < 200 m

Bioregions: n ChI (Santa Rosa Island)

California counties: Santa Barbara, San Mateo, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.