Salvia elegans

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• Description
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• Taxonomy
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Common Names

Description

Family Lamiaceae

Herbs, sometimes subshrubs or shrubs , annual or perennial , usually aromatic . Stems and branches usually 4-angled. Leaves opposite, rarely whorled or alternate, simple to pinnately dissected or compound , without stipules. Inflorescences generally compound, sometimes flowers solitary and axillary ; verticillasters 2- to many flowered, subtended by leaves or bracts. Flowers bisexual , zygomorphic, rarely subactinomorphic, bracteolate or not. Calyx persistent , 5-toothed, 2-lipped; upper lip 3-toothed or entire (deciduous in Scutellaria) ; lower lip 2- or 4-toothed; tube sometimes hairy annulate inside. Corolla limb usually 2-lipped; upper lip 2-lobed and lower 3-lobed, rarely upper lip entire and lower 4-lobed, also rarely limb (4- or) 5-lobed; tube hairy annulate inside. Stamens epipetalous , 4 or 2, free , rarely filaments connate , sometimes one staminodial; anther 1- or 2-celled, usually dehiscing longitudinally; disc persistent. Ovary superior, 2-celled and each cell 2-ovuled and style subterminal , or ovary 4-parted and each lobe 1-ovuled and style gynobasic (from bases of ovary lobes) with 2-cleft apex. Fruit usually 4 dry nutlets . Seeds with or without endosperm.

Approximately 3500 species in 220 genera, distributed worldwide, but mostly in the Mediterranean region and SW Asia. China has 807 species in 96 genera.Xi-wen Li & Ian C. Hedge "Lamiaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 50. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Genus Salvia

Herbs, subshrubs , or shrubs . Leaves simple or pinnately compound . Verticillasters 2- to many flowered, in racemes , panicles, or spikes, rarely solitary, axillary ; bracteoles minute. Calyx tubular to campanulate , hairy or glabrous on throat inside, 2-lipped; upper lip entire , 2-toothed, or 3-mucronate; lower lip 2-toothed. Corolla 2-lipped; tube straight, horizontal, curved upward or adaxially dilated , with or without hairy annulus inside; upper lip folded, straight or falcate , apex entire or emarginate ; lower lip spreading, 3-lobed; middle lobe widest, margin entire, apex emarginate, fringed , or 2-lobulate; lateral lobes oblong or circular, spreading or reflexed . Stamens 2; filaments short, horizontal or erect ; connectives prolonged, linear , T-shaped; upper arms with fertile elliptic or linear anther cells ; lower arms robust or slender, with fertile or sterile anther cells, separated or connected to each other; staminodes 2, small or absent. Style 2-cleft, lobes subulate , linear or circular, equal, anterior lobe larger or posterior lobe indistinct. Disc slightly swollen in front or ringlike. Nutlets triquetrous , ovoid or oblong, glabrous, smooth .

About 900(-1100) species: tropical and temperate zones of the Old and New World, 84 species in China.

There are many taxonomic problems in the flora area, especially in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces ; collation with the situation in the Himalaya is much needed."Salvia". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 195. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.

Physical Description

Landscaping

Care: Hardy and trouble-free. Heat and drought tolerant . Pinch lightly in spring to keep plant bushy. Remove spent flowers to prolong blooming season .

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 24-36" apart.

Soil: Prefers organic , well-drained soil. • Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 8.5

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Notes

An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Salvia

There are approximately 2633 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

S. 'Allen Chickering' (Sage) · S. 'Amber' · S. 'Anthony Parker' · S. 'Aromas' (Salvia) · S. 'Bee's Bliss' · S. 'Belhaven' · S. 'Betsy's Purple' (Sage) · S. 'Black Knight' (Salvia) · S. 'Blackcurrant' · S. 'Blue Bird' · S. 'Blue Chiquita' (Sage) · S. 'Blue Sky' · S. 'Blue Vein' · S. 'Cabrillo Sunrise' (Salvia) · S. 'Cabrillo Sunset' (Salvia) · S. 'Caroline' (Salvia) · S. 'Celestial Blue' (Las Pilitas Sage) · S. 'Christine Yeo' (Hybrid Salvia) · S. 'Cleopatra Mixed' · S. 'Cleopatra Rose' · S. 'Cleopatra Salmon' · S. 'Daras Choice' (Salvia) · S. 'Darky' · S. 'Flare' · S. 'Frieda Dixon' (Salvia) · S. 'Glory of Stuttgart' · S. 'Gracias' (Creeping Sage) · S. 'Hummingbird Forest Fire' · S. 'Indigo Spires' (Sage) · S. 'Jean's Purple Passion' (Sage) · S. 'Katheena' (Salvia) · S. 'Louis Saso' (Salvia) · S. 'Maraschino' (Sage) · S. 'Marine Blue' (Sage) · S. 'Monrovia' · S. 'Mrs Beard' (Salvia) · S. 'Mulberry Wine' · S. 'Nazareth' · S. 'Nel' · S. 'Newe Ya'ar' · S. 'Peaches and Cream' · S. 'Peru Blue' · S. 'Phoenix Mixed' · S. 'Phyllis Fancy' (Sage) · S. 'Phyllis' Fancy' · S. 'Pink Ice' · S. 'Pinokkio' (Sage) · S. 'Powis Castle' · S. 'Pozo Blue' (Grey Musk Sage) · S. 'Purple Majesty' (Sage) · S. 'Purple Queen' · S. 'Red Arrow' · S. 'Rose Queen' · S. 'Rosentraum' · S. 'Royal Crimson Distinction' · S. 'Scarlet Queen' · S. 'Shirley's Creeper' · S. 'Silas Dyson' · S. 'Silke's Dream' · S. 'Sizzler Deep Salmon' · S. 'Sizzler Lavender' · S. 'Sizzler Purple' · S. 'Starlight' (Salvia) · S. 'Strybing Purple Velvet' (Salvia) · S. 'Tammy' · S. 'Trebah Lilac White' · S. 'Trelawney' · S. 'Trelissick' · S. 'Trewithen' · S. 'Valle de Bravo' · S. 'Van-Houttei' · S. 'Vatican City' · S. 'Vicki Romo' · S. 'Waverly' (Salvia) · S. 'Whirly Blue' (Whirly Blue Salvia) · S. abbottii · S. absconditiflora · S. abyssinica · S. acaulis · S. acetabulosa · S. acuminata · S. acuminatissima · S. acutata · S. acutifolia · S. adenocaulon · S. adenoclada · S. adenophora · S. adenophylla · S. adenostachya · S. adglutinans · S. adiantifolia · S. adoxoides · S. adulterina · S. aegyptiaca · S. aegyptica · S. aequidistans · S. aerea · S. aethiopis (African Sage) · S. aethiops · S. aethiopsis

Bibliography

• Wu Cheng-yih & Li Hsi-wen, eds. 1977. Labiatae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 65(2): 1-649, 66: 1-647.

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Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 02, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 02, 2007:

• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1673046
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15543071
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456162-1
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: SAEL6
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 61325

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