A healthy stand of Mountain Naupaka growing along the ʻAiea Loop Trail on Oʻahu. Photo: David Eickhoff / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Scaevola gaudichaudiana,
Hummingbird Sage’s distinctive whorled flower cluster, typical of the mint family. Photo: John Rusk / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0) Salvia spathacea, commonly known as
A wild Chihuahuan Fishhook Cactus growing among desert scrub near El Paso, Texas. Photo: Kevin Floyd / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0) Glandulicactus uncinatus, long
A Lyreleaf sage flower spike rising from its basal rosette in a Nashville, Tennessee meadow. Photo: Kaldari, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain) Salvia lyrata, commonly
A dense Creeping sage mat in full spring bloom at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden, Berkeley. Photo: John Rusk, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
A mature Autumn sage mound in full bloom, its wiry stems covered in small tubular flowers. Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA
Wild Mealycup Sage flowering along the trail into McKittrick Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Photo: Patrick Alexander / Wikimedia Commons (CC0) Salvia farinacea, commonly
Desert Chia flower heads with their distinctive spiny maroon bracts, growing from a crack in desert rock. Photo: Joshua Tree National Park (NPS) / Wikimedia
Cleveland Sage blooming in open chaparral, its whorled lavender flowers attracting bees from a distance. Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS / Flickr (Public domain) Salvia
Sea Asparagus forms dense mats of jointed, fleshy stems that blush red as summer turns to fall. Photo: Doug Murphy / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA
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