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Native to Cedros Island off Baja California, it grows into a loosely mounding perennial, 2-3 ft. tall and 2-3 ft. wide, occasionally wider.
One cultivar, V. l. βDe La Minaβ is a popular cultivar due to its very uniform shape and deeper purple flowers. It grows best in sunny exposures, adapts to a variety of soil types with good drainage and can be clipped in fall to manage size and shape. (https://waterwisegardenplanner.org)