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Ross' Pitcher Sage
Lepechinia rossii
  
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About Ross' Pitcher Sage (Lepechinia rossii) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Lepechinia rossii is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family known by the common name Ross' pitcher sage. It is endemic to the Transverse Ranges of California on the north edge of the Los Angeles area. This species was first described to science only in 2006. The plant is known from four occurrences, two in the Topatopa Mountains of Ventura County near Fillmore, and two in the Liebre Mountains east of Castaic Lake in Los Angeles County. The former location spans about 3 kilometres (1. 9 mi), and the latter location contains no more than about 1000 individual plants. Its habitat is chaparral. Lepechinia rossii is a perennial herb or shrub with hairy, glandular herbage. The leaves have toothed or serrated oval blades measuring up to 13 centimeters long. The inflorescence is an open raceme of flowers with large, leaflike bracts at the base. The flowers have bell-shaped calyces of reddish or purple-tinged sepals and bell-shaped white or purplish corollas. Threats to this rare species include off-road vehicles, power line maintenance activity, petroleum drilling and exploration, introduced plant species such as brome grasses, and alterations in the fire regime in the southern California chaparral where it grows.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Shrub

Size
Size
6.6 ft tall

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Landscaping Information
Common uses
Common uses
Hummingbird Gardens

Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 19.9" - 28.8", Summer Precipitation: 0.31" - 0.52", Coldest Month: 42.9" - 49.7", Hottest Month: 71.1" - 77.4", Humidity: 2.47" - 24.90", Elevation: 813" - 4173"


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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