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The blue flowers (rarely white), nearly 1 ⁄ 4 to 1 ⁄ 2 inch (6.4 to 12.7 mm) long, appear summer to autumn near the ends of their branched or unbranched spikes; their calyxes are tubular or bell-shaped and furry. Two varieties are known, Salvia azurea var. azurea (azure sage) and Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (Pitcher sage). [4] [5]
Salvia (/ ˈ s æ l v i ə /) [3] is the largest genus of plants in the sage family Lamiaceae, with just under 1,000 species of shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. [4] [5] [6] Within the Lamiaceae, Salvia is part of the tribe Mentheae within the subfamily Nepetoideae. [4]
Salvia is the largest genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, with the number of species estimated to range from 700 to nearly 3,000. Members include shrubs, herbaceous perennials, and annuals. There are three main regions of radiation of Salvia:
Blue sage is a common name for several plants: . Eranthemum nervosum; Salvia azurea, native to central and eastern North America; Salvia clevelandii, native to western North America
Stapelia hirsuta, the "hairy" starfish flower . Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. [1]
Salvia azurea var. grandiflora (N) Salvia coccinea (N) Salvia farinacea (N) Salvia lyrata (N) Salvia officinalis (I) Salvia pratensis (I) Salvia reflexa (N) Salvia splendens (I) Salvia × superba (I) Salvia × sylvestris (I) Sambucus nigra (I) Sambucus nigra ssp. canadensis (N) Sambucus racemosa var. racemosa (N) Samolus valerandi (I) Samolus ...
Salvia divinorum (Latin: sage of the diviners; also called ska maría pastora, seer's sage, yerba de la pastora, magic mint or simply salvia) is a species of plant in the sage genus Salvia, known for its transient psychoactive properties when its leaves, or extracts made from the leaves, are administered by smoking, chewing, or drinking (as a ...
Salvia farinacea (Mealycup sage) Salvia haematodes (Sage) Salvia azurea (Blue sage) Sambucus spp. (Elderberry) Sassafras albidum (Sassafras) Schinus (Pepper Tree) Schizanthus pinnatus (Butterfly flower) Senecio cruentus (Cineraria) Senecio vulgaris (Groundsel) Sisymbrium irio (London rocket) Solanum aethiopicum (Ethiopian Eggplant)