''Salvia whitehousei'', the clustered sage, is a herbaceous perennial that is native to

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...

Taxonomy

''Salvia whitehousei'' was originally described as "''Salviastrum dolichanthum'' Cory" in 1930 by Victor Louis Cory. When the genus ''Salviastrum'' was merged into ''

Salvia ''Salvia'' () is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with nearly 1000 species of shrubs, herbaceous plant, herbaceous perennial plant, perennials, and annual plant, annuals. Within the Lamiaceae, ''Salvia'' is part of the ...

'' in 1949 by Eula Whitehouse, it became "''Salvia dolichantha'' (Cory) Whitehouse". In 1988, because there was already a ''Salvia'' species from China named "''

Salvia dolichantha ''Salvia dolichantha'' is a herbaceous perennial native to Sichuan province in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceedi ...

''" (1934), Gabriel Alziar renamed the plant to the current ''Salvia whitehousei'', in honor of Eula Whitehouse.

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