Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex Etl.

Red sage (en), Sauge (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Salvia

Characteristics

Herbs annual or biennial. Stems erect, to 70 cm, spreading hirsute, retrorse gray pilose. Petiole 0.5-2 cm; leaf blade ovate to triangular-ovate, 2-5 × 1.5-4 cm, abaxially gray minutely tomentose, base cordate to subtruncate, margin serrate or obtusely serrate, apex acute. Inflorescences densely, retrorse fine white pilose; verticillasters 4-to many flowered, widely spaced, in terminal racemes; bracts ovate, longer than pedicels, margin ciliate. Pedicel 2-3 mm. Calyx tubular-campanulate, 7-9 mm, finely pilose, puberulent, intermixed with yellowish glands; upper lip ovate, ca. 2.5 × 3 mm, ciliolate, apex mucronate; lower lip nearly as long as upper, deeply 2-toothed. Corolla scarlet or deep red, 2-2.3 cm, pubescent; tube ca. 1.6 cm; upper lip shorter than lower; lower lip ca. 7 × 8.5 mm. Stamens exserted; filaments ca. 4 mm; connectives ca. 1.5 mm, slender. Nutlets yellow-brown with blackish spots, obovoid, 1.5-2.5 mm. Fl. Apr-Jul.
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Soft shrub 0.6-1.5 m tall; stems usually branched, herbaceous above, softly woody below, usually hispid. Leaves petiolate; blade ovate-deltoid, 35-50 x 23-35 mm, subglabrous and dark green above, tomentose and paler beneath, apex acute, base truncate to cordate, margin finely crenate. Inflorescence of up to 12 verticils, lax below, denser above; verticils (4-)6-10-flowered. Calyx hispidulous, about 10 mm long; upper lip entire. Corolla scarlet to pink, 20-25 mm long; tube 15-20 mm long; upper lip straight, 5 mm long; lower lip slightly longer.
Soft shrub, 0.6-1.5 m high; stems usually branched, herbaceous above, softly woody below, usually hispid. Leaves petiolate, ovate-deltoid, 35-50 x 23-35 mm, base truncate to cordate, apex acute, margins finely crenate; dark green and subglabrous above, paler and tomentose beneath. Inflorescence simple; verticillasters up to 12, lax below, denser above, each 4-10-flowered. Flowers scarlet to pink. Calyx hispidulous, ± 10 mm long. Corolla: tube 15-20 mm long; upper lip straight, ± 5 mm long; lower lip slightly longer. Flowering time Nov.-Feb.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use medicinal poison
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Kidney (unspecified), Lumbago (unspecified), Tuberculosis (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Kidney diseases (unspecified), Low back pain (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 17
Germination temperacture (C°) 20 - 23
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment stratification
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex leaf picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex leaf picture by fulai fulai (cc-by-sa)
Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex leaf picture by William Wattles (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex flower picture by William Wattles (cc-by-sa)
Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex flower picture by Asha (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Bangladesh, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, China, Cook Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Mozambique, Malaysia, Norfolk Island, Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Tonga, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:455978-1
WFO ID wfo-0000300715
COL ID 6XFBH
BDTFX ID 166575
INPN ID 639087
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Salvia galeottii Salvia superba Horminum coccineum (buc'hoz ex Salvia filamentosa Salvia glaucescens Salvia mollissima Salvia pseudococcinea Salvia rosea Salvia coccinea f. pseudococcinea Salvia ciliata Salvia coccinea Salvia coccinea var. pseudococcinea Salvia coccinea var. minima Salvia coccinea buc'hoz ex