Salvia misella

Southern River Sage, Creeping Sage

Lamiaceae

Also known as Salvia riparia

Plant Specifics

Form:	Flower
Size:	0.5-0.8 ft tall by 3-5 ft wide
Life Span:	Short-lived perennial
Flower Color:	Blue
Fruit Color:	NA
Phenology:	Winter dormant
Noted for:	Aroma, fragrance, Interesting foliage

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:	Used as a ground cover, one of the relatively few Florida plants that both forms a low dense cover and survives shade.
Considerations:	Depending on site, this plant may spread more than preferred, but easy to pull up if it is not wanted
Propagation:	Easily propagated by dividing the root ball, but will also grow from seed
Availability:	Friends, Native nurseries, FNPS plant sales
Light:	Full Sun,  Part Shade,  Shade
Moisture Tolerance:	always floodedextremely dry
	(Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods)
Moisture Tolerance:	Somewhat moist, no flooding ----- to ----- Somewhat long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:	Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:	Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or other substrate:	Sand
Soil pH:	Slightly acidic to slightly calcareous

Ecology

Wildlife:
Insects:	Larval host for Fulvous Hairstreak. Attracts pollinators
Native Habitats:

Distribution and Planting Zones

Comments

General Comments:

Depending on cold, this may keep its leaves all year or die back during the winter. In colder areas, consider growing it as an annual. It adapts well to semi-shady to shady well-drained conditions.