Salvia ballotiflora is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, that is native to Texas in the United States as well as northeastern and central Mexico. Common names include shrubby blue sage and mejorana.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Salvia ballotiflora across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Salvia ballotiflora has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences2
eDNA detections2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Salvia ballotiflora internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★rbcL1★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 758 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 263
Museum / vouchered495
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 372 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 677≤1 km 191≤10 km 64>10 km 72
1 004 georeferenced · 259 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 263
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 192≤1 km 14≤10 km 46>10 km 16
268 georeferenced · 227 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence495
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions36 of 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Austin, US
151
Durango, MX
43
Austin, US
41
Mexico City, MX
40
Bronx, US
40
Saint Louis, US
22
Guasave, MX
18
Juriquilla, MX
14
ASUlocation not on record
14
Anchorage, US
12
EL PASO, US
11
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
9
Fort Worth, US
9
Wuzhou, CN
6
Claremont, US
6
Burlington, US
5
Mexico City, MX
5
Davis, US
4
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
4
San Luis Potosí, MX
2
Ann Arbor, US
2
Phoenix, US
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record
2
Riverside, US
2
Madison, US
2
Emporia, US
2
Montecillo, Texcoco, MX
2
San Diego, US
2
Chicago, US
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
Clemson, US
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Flagstaff, US
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Universidad de Autonoma de Baja Californialocation not on record
1
Lubbock, US
1
Henderson, US
1
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
1
Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record
1
Mérida, MX
1
MEXUlocation not on record
1
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Puebla, MX
1
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografíalocation not on record
1
GAlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
50 institutions · 495 of 495 vouchered records shown
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Salvia ballotiflora was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 758 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗