purple sage

American  

noun

1. a plant, Salvia leucophylla, of the mint family, native to California, having silvery leaves and purple spikes of flowers.

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Example Sentences

Instead of lawn or little potted palms around the pool, there are oversize stands of desperado sage, a fragrant hybrid between white sage and purple sage, growing so untamed they’re nearly spilling into the pool.

From Los Angeles Times

Imbued with a heady pedigree and a peripatetic upbringing, Mr. Nichols evolved instinctively from a cosmopolitan New Yorker and world traveler to a Western writer of the purple sage.

From New York Times

If Mom likes to walk, you can hike the 2.2-mile pathway around the reservoir together and check out the dazzling array of poppies, purple sage and artemisia that lines the California native garden.

From Los Angeles Times

As a result there were many “liars of the purple sage,” the most notorious being Buffalo Bill Cody.

From National Geographic

Designed to resemble the Purple Heart medal given to wounded military service members, it has a trim of fine gold rock and an inner section that’s a mix of crushed basalt and purple sage.

From Seattle Times