Salvia parryi (Parry's sage) is a perennial subshrub that is endemic to Northern Mexico (Sonora state), southwestern New Mexico, and southern Arizona, growing at 3,500 to 5,000 ft (1,100 to 1,500 m) elevation.[1][2]

Salvia parryi
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species:
S. parryi
Binomial name
Salvia parryi

Native people used preparations of the roots to treat gastric disorders.[citation needed] Parryin is a pimarane-derived diterpene isolated from this plant. Other compounds found in this species are isopimara-8(14),15-dien-7-one, isopimara-6,8(14),15-triene and isopimara-8,15-dien-7-one.[3]

Chemical structure of parryin

References

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  1. ^ "Salvia parryi". USDA Plants Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  2. ^ Kearney, Thomas Henry; Robert Hibbs Peebles (1960). Arizona Flora. University of California Press. p. 742. ISBN 9780520006379.
  3. ^ Touché et al. Phytochemistry, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp. 387-390, 1997