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Sages
The rated Salvia records split: 4 fire-resistant, 2 keep-away, 2 in documented conflict. These counts describe the cited records — 17 records carrying 271 evidence rows from 48 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.
Rated as a group: Salvia Salvia spp. Fire-resistant Consensus 13 sources rate the genus as a
whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never
override a species record.
› Fire-resistant
3 species
- Creeping or Sonoma sage Fire-resistant Salvia sonomensis
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Salvia Fire-resistant Salvia sylvestris - Salvia rosa Fire-resistant Salvia microphylla
Keep away
2 species
Documented conflict
2 species
Awaiting evidence
9 species
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Common sage Awaiting evidence Salvia officinalis - Black sage Awaiting evidence Salvia mellifera
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Lyreleaf sage Awaiting evidence Salvia lyrata - Sage, Mexican bush Awaiting evidence Salvia leucantha
- Sage, Blue (Henry Duelberg Awaiting evidence Salvia farinacea
- Sage, Cedar Awaiting evidence Salvia roemeriana
- Sage, Cherry (Autumn sage) Awaiting evidence Salvia greggii
- Sage, Majestic Awaiting evidence Salvia guaranitica
- Sage, Tropical Awaiting evidence Salvia coccinea
About sages
Corpus context. Salvia is the directory's #20 largest of 550 genus groups: 17 records carrying 271 evidence rows from 48 cited sources, recorded as perennial, shrub, groundcover , hardy across USDA zones 4–8. Recorded trait flags: 1 carry aromatic oils flags — each cited on its page. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.
More about Salvia: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.
