Salvia virgataJacq. Southern Meadow Sage

Salvia virgataJacq. - Southern Meadow Sage

Scientific Description:

Perennial usually coarse herb. Stems erect, (10−)30−100 cm, much branched above or not, indumentum variable, pilose to tomentose, glandular or eglandular. Leaves simple, distributed over stem or rarely restricted to basal rosettes, ovate-oblong to broadly ovate, 5−30 × 2−15 cm, eglandular-pilose with numerous sessile glands, cordate, rugulose, erose, crenate, serrate to subentire; petiole 1−15 cm. Inflorescence a widely branched panicle with long ± slender secondary branches; verticillasters 2−6-flowered, distant, rarely condensed. Bracts ovate-acuminate, 4−8 × 3.5−6 mm. Pedicels 1−2.5 mm. Calyx ± tubular-campanulate, 6−10 mm, to 10−12 mm in fruit with a strongly recurved bisulcate upper lip, glandular or eglandular pilose. Corolla violet-blue to lilac, rarely white, 12−15 mm; tube 7−9 mm, ventricose, not squamulate; upper lip falcate. Stamens B. Nutlets rounded trigonous, ovoid, 2.5 × 2 mm.

 

Flowering time: May−September.

Habitat: Scrub, woodland, meadows, fallow fields, roadsides, etc., s. l−2300 m.

 

Reference:

Hedge IC (1982). Salvia virgata Jacq., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 7: 454.

Public Description:

Salvia virgata, known as “southern meadow sage”, is native to Asia and southeastern Europe. It is a perennial herb with violet-blue to lilac, rarely white color flowers, and grows up to 100 cm in length. It blooms between May and September and is found in scrub, woodland, meadows, fallow fields and roadsides.

 

References:

Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia_virgata, Accessed date: 17.02.2016.

Anonymous 2 (2016). http://www.tubives.com/index.php?sayfa=1&tax_id=8113/, 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.