''Salvia blancoana'' is a prostrate
perennial that is native to Spain and northwest Africa. It has narrow blue-green leaves and pale violet-blue flowers. Due to its being highly variable in the wild, and because of similarities to ''
Salvia candelabrum
''Salvia candelabrum'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Spain. It is a woody-based perennial growing to , with woolly grey-green leaves that resemble those of the common sage, '' S. officinalis'', and emit a sim ...
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''Salvia officinalis'' subsp. ''lavandulifolia'' (syn. ''S. lavandulifolia''), it has often been confused with those two. Current opinion gives ''S. blancoana'' distinct species status, even while some botanists consider it a subspecies of its two close relatives. It differs from ''S. officinalis'' subsp. ''lavandulifolia'' and ''S. candelabrum'' in being prostrate, as opposed to merely low-growing. It also has whorls of 2–6, compared to 6–9 in ''S. officinalis'' subsp. ''lavandulifolia''.
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