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§1 Plant
Salvia coccinea P.J. Buchoz ex Etlinger
vernacular blood sage — species · Lamiaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Lamiaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Salvia
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 110 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 110 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Gadsden 12039
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Volusia 12127
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Avoyelles 22009
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vermilion 22113
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Bee 48025
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Cameron 48061
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Grayson 48181
- Harris 48201
- Hidalgo 48215
- Houston 48225
- Jackson 48239
- Karnes 48255
- Kleberg 48273
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- Marion 48315
- McLennan 48309
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Robertson 48395
- San Patricio 48409
- Starr 48427
- Travis 48453
- Tyler 48457
- Victoria 48469
- Waller 48473
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Willacy 48489
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SACO5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/9278365 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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