Salvia mexicana 'Byron Flynt' was originally thought to be an interspecific cross between Salvia mexicana & Salvia hispanica.
The cross was made by Dan Lozano between Salvia mexicana 'Limelight' and a plant that he obtained under the name of "Salvia hispanica." He named the resulting plant after his grandfather. That parentage was later questioned by Ginny Hunt of Suncrest Nurseries. She suggested that the other parent could be a large form of Salvia mexicana that had been circulating in the California area under the incorrect name of "Salvia hispanica" during the late 1980's. After reviewing the information, Dan agreed that his "hispanica" did not look correct for that species but did, indeed, look like a form of Salvia mexicana. The form he had and used in his breeding was a larger, tall, leggy form which had darker purple flowers and dark calyces.

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