Host Salvia "Firescape" presumed to be a hybrid between S. leucophylla "Point Sal Spreader" and S. "Dara's Choice", so there's some black and purple sage ancestry. Cf https://www.smgrowers.com/info/salviaf.asp
Midge and friends, newly emerged from galls on purple sage. I have no idea where the aphids were lurking other than in the midge galls! Pupa case, dissected gall and exit hole photos added.