Salvia blancoana is a prostrate perennial that is native to Spain and northwest Africa. It has narrow blue-green leaves and pale violet-blue flowers. Due to its being highly variable in the wild, and because of similarities to Salvia candelabrum

Salvia candelabrum

Salvia candelabrum is sub-shrubby species of the genus Salvia native to Spain. It is sometimes grown as a garden plant and diterpenes have been isolated from its green tissues....

and Salvia lavandulifolia

Salvia lavandulifolia

Salvia lavandulifolia is a small woody herbaceous perennial native to Spain and southern France, growing in rocky soil in Maquis shrubland, often found growing with Rosemary, Lavandula lanata, and Genista cinerea....

, it has often been confused with those two. Current opinion gives S. blancoana distinct species status, even while some botanists consider it a subspecies of its two close relatives. It differs from S. lavandulifolia and S. candelabrum in being prostrate, as opposed to merely low-growing. It also has whorls of 2-6, compared to 6-9 in S. lavandulifolia.