Salvia urticifolia

Salvia urticifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Salvia
Species: S. urticifolia
Binomial name
Salvia urticifolia
L.

Salvia urticifolia (nettleleaf sage, nettle-leaved sage, wild sage) is a herbaceous perennial native to the southeastern United States. S. urticifolia is an erect plant that reaches 20 to 70 cm (7.9 to 27.6 in) tall. Flowers, with a corolla that is approximately 1.2 cm (0.47 in) long, are blue or purple (occasionally white), growing in panicles on short pedicels. The lower lip has three lobes, with a pair of white marks coming from the throat. The leaves are crenate—similar to the leaves of Urtica species.[1][2]

Notes

  1. "Salvia urticifolia". USDA Plants Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. "Salvia urticifolia". Native Plant Database. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 27 June 2010.

External links

Salvia urticifolia at Vanderbilt University Arboretum database


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