Salvia Munzii
''Salvia munzii'' is a semi-evergreen Perennial plant, perennial species of Salvia, sage known by the common name Munz's sage or San Miguel Mountain sage. It is native to northern Baja California, Mexico, and it can be found in a few locations just north of the border in San Diego County, California, where it is particularly rare. It is characterized by small leaves and clear blue flowers. It is a member of the coastal sage scrub and chaparral plant communities. Description ''Salvia munzii'' is a bushy shrub which may exceed in height, its branches coated in hairs. The rough-textured leaves are up to 5 centimeters long, the undersides densely hairy. The erect inflorescences are made up of many interrupted clusters of flowers, each cluster subtended by a pair of lance-shaped, leaflike bracts. The flower has a tubular blue Petal, corolla up to 1.5 centimeters long. Flowering is from January to May. Taxonomy This species was named in honor of the California botanist Philip A. Mu ...
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Carl Epling
Carl Clawson Epling (15 April 1894 – 17 November 1968) was an American botanist and taxonomist. He is best known for being the major authority on the Lamiaceae (mint family) of the Americas from the 1920s to the 1960s. In his later years he also developed an interest in genetics. University of California: In Memoriam − Carl Clawson Epling, Botany: UC Los Angeles
December 1970.

History

Epling obtained his B.A. from the College of Agriculture at University of California, Berkeley in 1921. He received his M.A. in 1923 and Ph.D. in 1924 from
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