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Nettleleaf Sage

Salvia urticifolia

Found in woodlands and glades, usually over mafic or calcareous rocks. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Native to Mississippi. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
12–22 inches
Spread
1–2 feet
Light
Dappled sunlight, Partial shade
Soil moisture
Dry to average

Space about 1.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 44 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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Rare or protected plant. Specialist conservation planting; excluded from routine garden suggestions. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
Spring and summer
Fruiting season
May to July

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 10 Mississippi counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

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Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Standing water, Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens SNA, Rutherford County
Standing water on a limestone glade. Shown: Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens State Natural Area, Rutherford County, Tennessee, a neighboring state.Standing water, Flat Rock Cedar Glades and Barrens SNA, Rutherford County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Glades, barrens and outcrops on mafic or serpentine rock

Open, thin-soil openings, outcrops and cliffs on dark, magnesium- or iron-rich rock such as serpentine, diabase or gabbro.

Forests and woodlands

Forest or woodland where the source does not say how moist or dry.

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Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

11CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including MS

Genus host records with ranges including MS · Salvia

  • Lintneria eremitusHermit Sphinx
  • Megalographa bilobaBilobed Looper Moth
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Pyrausta onythesalisGolden Pyrausta
  • Spilosoma virginicaVirginian Tiger Moth, Yellow Woolybear Moth, Yellow Bear
  • Spoladea recurvalisHawaiian Beet Webworm
  • Strymon melinusGray Hairstreak
  • Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
  • Urbanus proteusLong-Tailed Skipper, Bean Leaf Roller
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  • Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
38BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Salvia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Lamiaceae
Hardiness
Zones 6a–9b
Soil pH
Neutral to alkaline
Flower color
Blue, purple or white
Fruit begins
May
Fruit ends
July
Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Nettle Leaf Sage

Conservation status

Mississippi rankS2
Global rankG5
MS statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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