| Scientific Name: | Perovskia atriplicifolia ( syn. Salvia yangii ) |
| Common Name: | Russian sage |
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Fragrance, Herb, Perennial border, Summer interest, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Distinctive smell, Lanceolate, Crenate, Dentate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Verticillaster, Violet, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Schizocarp, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves are dusty green, deeply-lobed in opposite clusters; panicles of loose purple spikes that rise up like building spires. | |