Published in Pittonia 2: 235 (1892)
Salvia dorrii, the purple sage, Dorr's sage, fleshy sage, mint sage, or tobacco sage, is a perennial spreading shrub in the family Lamiaceae. It is native to mountain areas in the western United States, particularly northwestern Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas, found mainly in the Great Basin and southward to the Mojave Desert, growing in dry, well draining soils.