Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Small

Diet

Photosynthetic

Biome

High desert

Range

Mexico

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Runners

Defense

Toxins

Status

Rare

About

This evergreen shrub grows in the high desert of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Its creeping root system allows it to spread across rocky soil through underground stems.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Lamiales

Family

Lamiaceae

Genus

Salvia

Species

Salvia chamaedryoides