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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia urticifolia   FAMILY Lamiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia urticifolia   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-22-003:

Salvia urticifolia   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Salvia urticifolia

 

COMMON NAME:
Nettleleaf Sage


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image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_saur_001_lvd

        

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm190414_7418

April    Oconee County    SC

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_salvia_urticifolia_5

April        

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1221876725189116

May    Granville County    NC

Upper lip hood-like, shorter than the broad, white-striped lower lip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm120525_463

May    Oconee County    SC

The cauline leaves are sharp-pointed at the apex & there are no basal leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm120525_467

May    Oconee County    SC

Stem leaves 2-3" long w winged stalks, toothed & rhombic-ovate to deltoid, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm120525_470

May    Oconee County    SC

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm120525_479

May    Oconee County    SC

Calyx 5-10mm long, upper lip 3-toothed, lower 2-toothed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm120525_484

May    Oconee County    SC

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_salvia_urticifolia_2

May        

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm0406k_12

June    Oconee County    SC

Inflorescence is a terminal raceme with 6-10 flowers per node, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm0506i_30

June    Oconee County    SC

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm140614_982

June    Oconee County    SC

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm140614_982b

June    Oconee County    SC

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm140614_994

June    Oconee County    SC

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm220702_8864

July    Oconee County    SC

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm220702_8867

July    Oconee County    SC

image of Salvia urticifolia, Nettleleaf Sage

JK Marlow    jkm220702_8868

July    Oconee County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Salvia urticifolia   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Salvia urticifolia   FAMILY Lamiaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 164-22-003:
Salvia urticifolia   FAMILY Lamiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Salvia urticifolia

 

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2082

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands and glades, usually over mafic or calcareous rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue/Violet
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped 5-toothed calyx
2-lipped tubular corolla
2 fertile exserted stamens & some sterile stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Schizocarp of mericarps

 

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