Salvia forskahlei L. Indigo Woodland Sage

Salvia forskahlei L. - Indigo Woodland Sage

Scientific Description:

Perennial herb. Stems 15−120 cm, erect, simple or branched, glandular or eglandular below, densely glandular above. Leaves simple to lyrate, broadly ovate, ± cordate, very variable in size from c. 5 × 3 cm to 30 × 23 cm, either mostly basal or distributed over the stem, reticulate, crenate-serrate; petiole c. 10(−16) cm. Verticillasters 2−8(−12)-flowered, ± distant. Bracts c. 8 × 6 mm, ovate; bracteoles present. Pedicels 2−5 mm, erecto-patent. Calyx ovate-campanulate, c. 10 mm, to 13 mm in fruit, glandular-pilose to villous; upper lip truncate with mucronate short teeth. Corolla violet-blue to pinkish-magenta with white or yellow markings, 20−30 mm; tube upwardly curved, exserted, ± densely pilose within; upper lip falcate, deeply bifid. Stamens B. Nutlets rounded-trigonous, c. 2 × 2 mm.

 

Flowering time: June−September.

Habitat: In broad-leaved and coniferous forest, meadows, steppe banks, 10−1900 m.

 

Reference:

Hedge IC (1982). Salvia forskahlei L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 7: 451−452.

Public Description:

Salvia forskahlei, known as “indigo woodland sage”, is native to Türkiye and Bulgaria. It is a perennial herb with violet-blue to pinkish-magenta with white or yellow markings, and grows up to 120 cm in length. It blooms between June and September and is found in broad-leaved and coniferous forest, meadows and steppe banks.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). http://www.plantstoplant.com/salvia-forskaohlei-c2x14156543#.VsTloPKLTtQ, Accessed date: 17.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=8110/, Accessed date: 17.02.2016.

Celep F, Kahraman A (2012). Salvia L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 575–584.

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