| Taxon | Salvia dorrii var. dorrii |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Lamiaceae |
| Family common name(s) | mint; mints; peppermint; dead-nettle; dead nettle; deadnettle; lavender; labiatae |
| Genus common name(s) | salvia |
| Species common name(s) | Dorr's salvia; Dorr's sage; Dorr salvia; Dorr sage; gray ball sage; gray-ball sage; grayball sage; desert purple sage; purple desert sage; fragrant purple sage; Great Basin blue sage; Ute tobacco sage |
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| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | desert sage is applied to multiple Salvia taxa; purple sage is applied to multiple Lamiaceae taxa; sage, blue sage, sagebrush, sage-brush, sage brush are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| Common name(s), rejected | not recommended: Indian purple sage |
| Notes | Dorr, Ute are proper names, so upper case preferable; Dorri is an error |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. argentea (Rydb.) Munz; subsp. gilmanii (Epling) Abrams; Salvia carnosa Douglas ex Greene subsp. gilmanii Epling |
