Salvia farinacea Benth.

Mealycup sage (en), Sauge bleue (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Lamiaceae > Salvia

Characteristics

A perennial, bushy herb, several feet high
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Corolla bluish violet or white.
Blue flowers
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.55 - 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 0.8
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Commonly cultivated and occasionally occurring as a garden throwout, etc.
Light 5-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, divisions or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode cuttings divisions 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

Leaf

Salvia farinacea leaf picture by Valancy Bastian (cc-by-sa)
Salvia farinacea leaf picture by Rita Chovan (cc-by-sa)
Salvia farinacea leaf picture by Syl Syl (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Salvia farinacea flower picture by Floresta Paisajismo (cc-by-sa)
Salvia farinacea flower picture by Christian Kotara (cc-by-sa)
Salvia farinacea flower picture by Rita Chovan (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Salvia farinacea world distribution map, present in Brazil, Guatemala, Indonesia, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:456204-1
WFO ID wfo-0000300986
COL ID 6XGV5
BDTFX ID 82516
INPN ID 445723
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Salvia amabilis Salvia earlei Salvia trichostyla Salvia farinacea var. heteranthera Salvia farinacea var. latifolia Salvia caesia Salvia farinacea