purple sage
Dusty violet shrub
Purple sage is a shrub native to the American Southwest with silvery-gray foliage and purple flowers, common in arid landscapes.
The phrase evokes the Western frontier, largely due to Zane Grey's novel *Riders of the Purple Sage* (1912), which romanticized the rugged desert terrain.
The hillsides were covered in purple sage.
- lavenderFragrant herb, pale violet
- desertTo leave behind completely
- high desertElevated arid region
- westernOf the sunset side
- wild westUnregulated, lawless environment
violet · herb · dusty · aromatic · prairie · shrub · silvery · canyon · rugged landscape · wilderness · salvia · chaparral · frontier · mesa · cowboy · riders · open range · novel
- herbsdill, chives, marjoram, tarragon, rosemary
- colored plantsred flowers, pink flowers, white flowers, yellow flowers, blue flowers
- Purple Thingseggplant, plum, grapes, violet, lavender
- sageswise man, wise woman, wise elder, seer, master
- chaparralmanzanita, scrub oak, greasewood, redshank, sugar bush