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]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Lamiaceae |
Genus: | Salvia |
Species: | S. urticifolia
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Binomial name | |
Salvia urticifolia |
Notes
edit- ^ "Salvia urticifolia". USDA Plants Profile. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
- ^ "Salvia urticifolia". Native Plant Database. University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
External links
edit- Salvia urticifolia at Vanderbilt University Arboretum database