Salvia munzii - San Diego sage

San Diego sage (Salvia munzii) is a small, evergreen sub-shrub native near the US-Mexico border in San Diego County, with brilliant blue flowers and fragrant, edible fruit. It grows 0.7-1 m tall and about 1 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 10¹

Outputs

• Human food¹

Type

• Salvia spp. - Sage
• Shrub
• Evergreen

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Drought-tolerance¹
• Wildlife habitat¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.7-1
Diameter (m)	1

Footnotes

1. Salvia munzii, San Diego Sage | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩